Empire Company Limited (EMP.A:CA) Annual General Meting of Shareholders Call Transcript

Operator

Please note that today’s discussion includes forward-looking statements. The company cautions that such statements are based on management’s assumptions and beliefs and are subject to uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. The company refers you to the Empire News Release and MD&A for more information on these assumptions and factors.

And now please welcome the Chair of the Board of Directors for Empire Company Limited, Jim Dickson.

James Dickson
Director and Corporate Secretary of CS Manpar Inc

These are an easy crowd. I didn’t only have to stand up to get a round of applause. But welcome, everyone, and good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Annual General Meeting of Empire Company Limited. As you heard, my name is Jim Dickson, and I am Chair of the Board of Empire, and I will be acting as Chair of this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders today.

I would like to open our Annual General Meeting by acknowledging that we are on the ancestral territory of the Mi’’kmaq, the first people of this land. In September of 1773, the ship Hector arrived few miles that way in Pictou Harbour, carrying the first Scottish settlers that were seeking a new beginning in a new land. That moment marked the start of permanent Scottish settlement in Nova Scotia. It is important to remember that this land was not empty prior to their arrival. The Mi’’kmaq had lived here for thousands of years. They had deep relationships with the land, the waters, other indigenous nations as well as with each other.