Vote Summary Report

Reporting Period: 07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023

Fund Name: Dividend Growth Split Corp.

Issuer Name

Ticker

Meeting Date

Primary CUSIP

Proposal Text

Proponent

Did Fund Vote (Y/N)?

Vote Instruction

Vote Against Mgmt

Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

BAM.A

11/09/2022

112585104

Approve Division of the Corporation into Two Publicly Traded Companies and the Distribution of its Asset

Management

Yes

For

No

Management Business Ownership

Approve MSOP Resolution

Management

Yes

For

No

Approve NQMSOP Resolution

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Approve Manager Escrowed Stock Plan Resolution

Management

Yes

For

No

Metro Inc.

MRU

01/24/2023

59162N109

Elect Director Lori-Ann Beausoleil

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Maryse Bertrand

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Pierre Boivin

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Francois J. Coutu

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Michel Coutu

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Stephanie Coyles

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Russell Goodman

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Marc Guay

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Christian W.E. Haub

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Eric R. La Fleche

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Christine Magee

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Brian McManus

Management

Yes

For

No

Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

Amend Stock Option Plan

Management

Yes

For

No

SP 1: Adopt Near and Long-TermScience-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 2: Report on Actual and Potential Human Rights Impacts on Migrant Workers

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

CM

04/04/2023

136069101

Elect Director Ammar Aljoundi

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Charles J. G. Brindamour

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Nanci E. Caldwell

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Michelle L. Collins

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Luc Desjardins

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Victor G. Dodig

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Kevin J. Kelly

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Christine E. Larsen

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Mary Lou Maher

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director William F. Morneau

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Katharine B. Stevenson

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Martine Turcotte

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Barry L. Zubrow

Management

Yes

For

No

Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

SP 1: Disclose the CEO Compensation to Median Worker Pay Ratio on an Annual Basis

Shareholder

Yes

Against

No

SP 2: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 3: Invest in and Finance the Canadian Oil and Gas Sector

Shareholder

Yes

Against

No

Issuer Name

Ticker

Meeting Date

Primary CUSIP

Proposal Text

Proponent

Did Fund Vote (Y/N)?

Vote Instruction

Vote Against Mgmt

The Bank of Nova Scotia

BNS

04/04/2023

064149107

Elect Director Nora A. Aufreiter

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Guillermo E. Babatz

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Scott B. Bonham

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Daniel (Don) H. Callahan

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director W. Dave Dowrich

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Lynn K. Patterson

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Michael D. Penner

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Una M. Power

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Aaron W. Regent

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Calin Rovinescu

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director L. Scott Thomson

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Benita M. Warmbold

Management

Yes

For

No

Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

SP 1: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 2: Report on Client Net-Zero Transition Plans in Relation to Bank's 2030 Emissions Reduction and Net-Zero

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

Goals

Royal Bank of Canada

RY

04/05/2023

780087102

Elect Director Mirko Bibic

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Andrew A. Chisholm

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Jacynthe Cote

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Toos N. Daruvala

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Cynthia Devine

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Roberta L. Jamieson

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director David McKay

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Maryann Turcke

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Thierry Vandal

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Bridget A. van Kralingen

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Frank Vettese

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Jeffery Yabuki

Management

Yes

For

No

Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

Amend Stock Option Plan

Management

Yes

For

No

Increase Maximum Aggregate Consideration Limit of First Preferred Shares

Management

Yes

For

No

SP 1: Amend the Bank's Policy Guidelines for Sensitive Sectors and Activities

Shareholder

Yes

Against

No

SP 2: Revise the Bank's Human Rights Position Statement

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 3: Publish a Third-Party Racial Equity Audit

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 4: Report on 2030 Absolute Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 5: Adopt a Policy for a Time-Bound Phaseout of the Bank's Lending and Underwriting for Projects and

Shareholder

Yes

Against

No

Companies Engaging in Fossil Fuel Exploration

SP 6: Disclose the CEO Compensation to Median Worker Pay Ratio on an Annual Basis

Shareholder

Yes

Against

No

SP 7: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 8: Report on Loans Made by the Bank in Support of the Circular Economy

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

Bank of Montreal

BMO

04/18/2023

063671101

Elect Director Janice M. Babiak

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Sophie Brochu

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Craig W. Broderick

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director George A. Cope

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Stephen Dent

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Christine A. Edwards

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Martin S. Eichenbaum

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director David E. Harquail

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Linda S. Huber

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Eric R. La Fleche

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Lorraine Mitchelmore

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Madhu Ranganathan

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Darryl White

Management

Yes

For

No

Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

SP 1: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 2: Continue to Invest in and Finance the Canadian Oil and Gas Sector

Shareholder

Yes

Against

No

SP 3: Publish a Third-Party Racial Equity Audit

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

Issuer Name

Ticker

Meeting Date

Primary CUSIP

Proposal Text

Proponent

Did Fund Vote (Y/N)?

Vote Instruction

Vote Against Mgmt

The Toronto-Dominion Bank

TD

04/20/2023

891160509

Elect Director Cherie L. Brant

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Amy W. Brinkley

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Brian C. Ferguson

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Colleen A. Goggins

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director David E. Kepler

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Brian M. Levitt

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Alan N. MacGibbon

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Karen E. Maidment

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Bharat B. Masrani

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Claude Mongeau

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director S. Jane Rowe

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Nancy G. Tower

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Ajay K. Virmani

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Mary A. Winston

Management

Yes

For

No

Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

SP 1: Disclose Assessment on Human Rights Risk in Connection with Clients Owning Canadian Multi-Family

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

Rental REITs in Canada

SP 2: Amend the Bank's Policy Guidelines for Sensitive Sectors and Activities

Shareholder

Yes

Against

No

SP 3: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 4: Invest in and Finance the Canadian Oil and Gas Sector

Shareholder

Yes

Against

No

SP 5: Disclose the CEO Compensation to Median Worker Pay Ratio on an Annual Basis

Shareholder

Yes

Against

No

SP 6: Disclose Transition Plan Towards 2030 Emission Reduction Goals

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

National Bank of Canada

NA

04/21/2023

633067103

Elect Director Maryse Bertrand

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Pierre Blouin

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Pierre Boivin

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Yvon Charest

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Patricia Curadeau-Grou

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Laurent Ferreira

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Annick Guerard

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Karen Kinsley

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Lynn Loewen

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Rebecca McKillican

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Robert Pare

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Pierre Pomerleau

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Lino A. Saputo

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Macky Tall

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

Ratify Deloitte LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

SP 1: Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

Canadian National Railway Company

CNR

04/25/2023

136375102

Elect Director Shauneen Bruder

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Jo-ann dePass Olsovsky

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director David Freeman

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Denise Gray

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Justin M. Howell

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Susan C. Jones

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Robert Knight

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Michel Letellier

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Margaret A. McKenzie

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Al Monaco

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Tracy Robinson

Management

Yes

For

No

Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

Management Advisory Vote on Climate Change

Management

Yes

For

No

Issuer Name

Ticker

Meeting Date

Primary CUSIP

Proposal Text

Proponent

Did Fund Vote (Y/N)?

Vote Instruction

Vote Against Mgmt

Teck Resources Limited

TECK.B

04/26/2023

878742204

Elect Director Arnoud J. Balhuizen

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Harry "Red" M. Conger, IV

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Edward C. Dowling, Jr.

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Norman B. Keevil, III

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Tracey L. McVicar

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Sheila A. Murray

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Una M. Power

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Jonathan H. Price

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Yoshihiro Sagawa

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Paul G. Schiodtz

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Timothy R. Snider

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Elect Director Sarah A. Strunk

Management

Yes

For

No

Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration

Management

Yes

For

No

Approve Spin-Off Agreement with Elk Valley Resources Ltd.

Management

Yes

For

No

Approve EVR Stock Option Plan

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Approve EVR Shareholder Rights Plan

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Approve Dual Class Amendment

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

TFI International Inc.

TFII

04/26/2023

87241L109

Elect Director Leslie Abi-Karam

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Alain Bedard

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Andre Berard

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director William T. England

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Diane Giard

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Debra Kelly-Ennis

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Neil D. Manning

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director John Pratt

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Joey Saputo

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Rosemary Turner

Management

Yes

For

No

Approve KPMG LLP as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

AEM

04/28/2023

008474108

Elect Director Leona Aglukkaq

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Ammar Al-Joundi

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Sean Boyd

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Martine A. Celej

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Robert J. Gemmell

Management

Yes

Withhold

Yes

Elect Director Jonathan Gill

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Peter Grosskopf

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Elizabeth Lewis-Gray

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Deborah McCombe

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Jeffrey Parr

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director J. Merfyn Roberts

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Jamie C. Sokalsky

Management

Yes

For

No

Approve Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Imperial Oil Limited

IMO

05/02/2023

453038408

Elect Director David W. Cornhill

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Elect Director Bradley W. Corson

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Matthew R. Crocker

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Elect Director Sharon R. Driscoll

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director John Floren

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Gary J. Goldberg

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Miranda C. Hubbs

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

SP 1: Adopt an Absolute Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 2: Report on the Impact of the Energy Transition on Asset Retirement Obligations

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

Issuer Name

Ticker

Meeting Date

Primary CUSIP

Proposal Text

Proponent

Did Fund Vote (Y/N)?

Vote Instruction

Vote Against Mgmt

Enbridge Inc.

ENB

05/03/2023

29250N105

Elect Director Mayank M. Ashar

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Gaurdie E. Banister

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Pamela L. Carter

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Elect Director Susan M. Cunningham

Management

Yes

Against

Yes

Elect Director Gregory L. Ebel

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Jason B. Few

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Teresa S. Madden

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Stephen S. Poloz

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director S. Jane Rowe

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Dan C. Tutcher

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Steven W. Williams

Management

Yes

For

No

Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

Re-approve Shareholder Rights Plan

Management

Yes

For

No

SP 1: Report on Lobbying and Political Donations

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

SP 2: Disclose the Company's Scope 3 Emissions

Shareholder

Yes

For

Yes

BCE Inc.

BCE

05/04/2023

05534B760

Elect Director Mirko Bibic

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director David F. Denison

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Robert P. Dexter

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Katherine Lee

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Monique F. Leroux

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Sheila A. Murray

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Gordon M. Nixon

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Louis P. Pagnutti

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Calin Rovinescu

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Karen Sheriff

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Robert C. Simmonds

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Jennifer Tory

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Louis Vachon

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Cornell Wright

Management

Yes

For

No

Ratify Deloitte LLP as Auditors

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

CNQ

05/04/2023

136385101

Elect Director Catherine M. Best

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director M. Elizabeth Cannon

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director N. Murray Edwards

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Christopher L. Fong

Management

Yes

Withhold

Yes

Elect Director Gordon D. Giffin

Management

Yes

Withhold

Yes

Elect Director Wilfred A. Gobert

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Steve W. Laut

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Tim S. McKay

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Frank J. McKenna

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director David A. Tuer

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Annette M. Verschuren

Management

Yes

For

No

Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

Loblaw Companies Limited

L

05/04/2023

539481101

Elect Director Scott B.Bonham

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Shelley G. Broader

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Christie J.B. Clark

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Daniel Debow

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director William A. Downe

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Janice Fukakusa

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director M. Marianne Harris

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Kevin Holt

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Claudia Kotchka

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Sarah Raiss

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Galen G. Weston

Management

Yes

For

No

Elect Director Cornell Wright

Management

Yes

For

No

Approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix Their Remuneration

Management

Yes

For

No

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation Approach

Management

Yes

For

No

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