Paul Desmarais to Hand Over Power Reins Sooner

The Globe and Mail, 25 May 2006Paul Desmarais' plan to withdraw gradually from the affairs of Power Corp. of Canada has been accelerated in recent months, as the lingering effects of a stroke suffered a year ago force the 79-year-old Canadian business icon to hand the reins to his sons."He would not any more be the leading light in doing anything significant at Power," Barrick Gold chairman and