GreenFirst Forest Products Inc.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to GreenFirst's third quarter 2023 results conference call. Please note that all lines are muted to prevent any background noise. During this conference call, GreenFirst representatives will be making certain statements about future financial and operational performance, business outlook, and capital plans. These statements may contain forward-looking information or forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Canadian Securities Law. Such statements involve certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions which may cause Green First's actual or future results and performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied in these statements. Additional information about these risks, factors, and assumptions is included in Green First MD&A and AIF which can be accessed on the company's website or through CDAR+. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. I would now like to turn the conference over to Paul Rivette. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you very much, Sylvie. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our Q3 2023 earnings call. I am Paul Rivette, as Sylvie mentioned, the Executive Chair of GreenFirst. Today, I am joined by Michelle Lessard, our President, Ankit Kapoor, our Interim CFO, and Webb Webster, our Chief of Staff. This, of course, is Ankit's first earnings call as our Interim CFO. Thank you, Ankit, for accepting this role. We have a ton of faith in you and your abilities, especially considering the work you have done behind the scenes managing the reporting documents for the past few years. It has been a seamless transition for us and you. We are also pleased to welcome our new CEO, Joelle Fournier. who joined us last week. Joel is steeped in forestry, especially lumber, experience, and is moving to live in the area of our mills. He is a competitive and energetic leader, and he has already been in the field meeting every one of our employees one-on-one, and that's continuing. Myself, as well as Michelle, Gwen, and Ankit have committed to stand side-by-side with Joel for at least the next six months, so that he can devote as much time and attention as possible to getting his arms around our lumber mills and getting to short and mid-term productivity gains there. Welcome to Green First, Joel.

Please give our shareholders a few minutes about yourself. Okay, thank you very much for the introduction, Paul. And good morning, everyone. Like Paul said, you know, I've been working in the lumber industry for over 25 years, and I'm really excited to embrace this new challenge with Green First. And I'm also confident that together we can make a positive impact on the operation. During my career, I had the opportunity to work in different regions of the country within the forest industry. And I believe there's insight to be gained from both Western and Eastern mill as they each possess their own unique strengths and opportunity. I'm really passionate about this industry and my motivation come from working with others to develop and execute strategic plan to make the business better. I ensure during my first week in the position that I visited all the operation and introduced myself to the employee. And by the end of the second week, my goal is to have met with nearly all member of the team. I strongly believe that meeting with their employee is crucial in order to understand them, the company, and also to foster the right culture in the workplace. By going forward, I plan to concentrate my efforts on sawmill and dedicate my time to working alongside different teams in the operation to improve our performance. I'm confident that being present and providing the support to leadership, that we can significantly increase employee engagement and achieve better outcome overall. To finish, I look forward to share with you updates on our company progress and future earning calls. And additionally, I'm looking forward to meet some of you next year in person. Thank you very much. Thanks, Joel.