Scott Taylor
VP & CFO

Okay. All right. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to Winpak's Annual Meeting of Shareholders. I'm Scott Taylor, the Vice President

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introduce the honorable Jamie Moses, Minister of Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation, who will deliver the opening remarks for today's meeting.

Jamie Moses

Thank you very much, Scott, for the introduction. I'm pleased to be here. I am also [ honored ] for the invitation to speak and bring greetings on behalf of the province of Manitoba. That's right. My name is Jamie Moses. I'm the Minister of Business, Mining, Trade for Manitoba, responsible for stewarding the economic development and growth and success.

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another successful year. We know Winpak has a long-standing tradition of success here over 50 years. And we know that your presence in Manitoba is really important, really important for driving the economic success of local businesses to large enterprises, for developing and helping to help so many other companies thrive in the work they do each and every day. And we know that's even more important now than it's been ever before. When we look at supply chains being interrupted, global conflicts putting strain on the relationships between customers and their clients. And seemingly, these events seem to change

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post by social media posts, these events are, in many ways, making our global landscape for trade in a more uncertain place. And our provincial government is taking steps to make sure that Manitoba and Canada as a whole becomes and remains to be a more friendly place to make investments. This is a home where you have a trusted