Introduction

The Board of Directors (the "Board") of TELUS Corporation (the "Company") is responsible for the effective management of the Company. It has statutory obligations to act in the best interests of the Company and it has fiduciary responsibilities to the shareholders.

The Board is committed to ensuring it can function independently of management and it is accountable to the shareholders of the Company. The Board strives to effectively manage the business and affairs of the Company and be an early adopter of best practices in corporate governance in order to enhance shareholder value.

The Board Policy Manual contains terms of reference for each committee and it is meant as a guideline for the Board.

Its purpose is to:

set out expectations of the Board, individual directors and committees of the Board which go beyond legal requirements;
establish an effective corporate governance system that reflects appropriate best practices in corporate governance;
assist the Board in discharging its responsibilities in the most effective manner possible; and
reinforce and further the independence of the Board from management

The Board Policy Manual consists of the following:

The following definitions will be used in these Terms of Reference:

Board	Board of directors of TELUS Corporation
CEO	President and Chief Executive Officer of TELUS Corporation
Chair	Chair of the Board of directors of TELUS Corporation
Company	TELUS Corporation
Independent Director	An "independent" director is one who has been determined by the Board to satisfy all the tests for an "independent director" under applicable laws and rules binding on TELUS from time to time, including the applicable rules of stock exchanges on which the Company's shares are listed, the Investor Confidence Rules adopted by certain Canadian securities regulators on March 26, 2004 and amended June 30, 2005, the tests under the Corporate Governance Guidelines and Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices effective June 30, 2005, and Section 303A of the New York Stock Exchange Company Manual approved by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission on November 3, 2004.

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