233. The auditor may, as part of the auditing mandate, demand any information relating to the corporation, its subsidiaries and any other legal person whose accounts are consolidated in the financial statements of the corporation, and demand access to any of their books, records, accounts, files or other documents. The present and former directors, officers, employees or mandataries of the corporation must, on request, communicate the documents to and facilitate their examination by the auditor.
The board of directors of the corporation must obtain from the present or former directors, officers, employees or mandataries of a subsidiary of the corporation the information demanded by the auditor and make it available to the auditor.