Nancy Southern
Executive Chairman

Well, good morning. What a beautiful day, and one of my favorite days of the entire year, being here with all of you. And it's great to see everybody for this, believe it or not, 99th Annual Meeting of Shareowners for Canadian Utilities, 99 years. But we've been around longer than that, too. I'll get into that later.

It's a true pleasure to see so many of you here today and so many familiar faces, so many shareowners, long-standing, so many people from our companies here and taking the time to be here means a lot to all of us. Your trust, enduring trust in our company and our management teams, all the people of Canadian Utilities, our Boards of Directors, is very meaningful and purposeful, and I want to thank you all for that.

In -- I guess, first order of business is safety. And in terms of housekeeping, if there is an emergency, you'll hear a bell, an alarm, a PA, and please evacuate through the exit doors in case of an emergency, walk to our muster point, which is the Frank Oliver Park just outside the hotel, or the Westin hotel. Both will be our mustering points.

And today, as we gather here, it is important to acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the people