Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the ISC Q3 2020 earnings conference call and webcast. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the speaker presentation, there will be a question- and- answer session. Now, to ask a question during this time, please press star one on your telephone keypad. If you require further assistance, please press star zero. I would now like to hand the call over to your host today, Mr. Jonathan Hackshaw, Director, Investor Relations and Capital Markets. Thank you. Please go ahead.
Thank you, Jeff, and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to ISC's conference call for the quarter ended September 30th, 2020. On the call today with me are Jeff Stusek, President and CEO, and Shawn Peters, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Jeff will provide some opening comments about the quarter. This will be followed by a review of operation and financial results for the quarter by Shawn. Jeff will then make some closing remarks before we open up the call for the question- and- answer session. Before we begin, we would like to remind everyone that we will only be summarizing results today. ISC's unaudited, condensed, consolidated interim financial statements and notes and management's discussion and analysis for the period ending September 30th, 2020 have been filed on SEDAR and are also available in the investor relations section on our website under financial reports.
We encourage you to review those reports in their entirety. I would also like to remind you that any statements made today that are not historical facts are considered to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The statements may involve a number of risks and uncertainties that are described in detail in the company's SEDAR filings, in particular in ISC's annual information form for the year ended December 31st, 2019, and ISC's unaudited, condensed, consolidated interim financial statements and notes and management's discussion and analysis for the three and nine months ended September 30th, 2020. Those risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those stated. Today's comments are made as of today's date and will not be updated except as required under applicable securities legislation.
Today's conference call is being broadcast live over the Internet and will be archived for replay shortly after the call on the investor relations section of our website. I will now hand the call over to Jeff.
Thank you, Jonathan. Good morning to everyone joining us for today's call. The third quarter was a productive one for us. Our financial performance remained strong, and the resiliency of our business segments is evident in our results. During the quarter, we also completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets used in the business of Paragon, whose primary focus is the facilitation and coordination of asset recovery on behalf of many of Canada's major banks. The addition of Paragon's assets will strengthen our current service offering and means that we'll be able to offer our clients a complete solution throughout the credit life cycle. The integration of these assets and new colleagues into our service business has gone well, and I'm excited about this addition.
Our services business also continued to enhance its technology offerings with the completion of a soft launch of our newest technology platform, Registry Complete, a unified and streamlined platform that enables legal organizations to search and register with the various ministries across Canada in a secure, cloud-based environment. This enhanced service allows legal organizations to take advantage of expanded API service offerings, improved tools, faster turnaround, and a greater array of services in the pursuit of exceptional and expedient due diligence checks and client service. With respect to our response to the impacts of COVID-19, we implemented certain measures to reduce operating costs and mitigate the impact of COVID-19, which has had a positive impact on our results.
Across our business, from Vernon to Dublin, the seamless transition we made to work from home is evident, and I'd like to commend all of our employees for their continued professionalism and laser-like customer focus. My thanks also goes out to all of our customers as well for their continued support and to the new customers we onboarded in services during the quarter for putting their trust in us. Finally, we also increased our credit facility during the quarter to make sure we are well- positioned to support the needs of our existing business as well as be able to act quickly and execute on any opportunities that may come up in the near- term, which support our growth strategy. With that, I'll now ask Shawn to summarize our financial and operating performance for the quarter.
Thank you, Jeff, and good morning, everyone. I'll provide you with some of the highlights of the quarter on a consolidated basis and then provide some further commentary about each of our reporting segments and their performance for the reporting period. I'll also comment on our expanded reporting for our services segment. As Jeff said, our third quarter results were strong, especially considering the economic conditions created by the pandemic. The various restrictions that have been put in place to control the spread of COVID-19 have often negatively affected the ability of our customers, and ultimately their customers, to transact. This has had a direct impact on our revenue and EBITDA in our Registry Operations and Services segments, and ultimately our net income.
However, we're pleased to report strong results for the third quarter in both our Registry Operations and Services, with Services seeing good organic growth and also benefiting from the addition of the assets of Paragon. On a consolidated basis, revenue was CAD 37.1 million for the quarter, up 15.4% compared to the third quarter of 2019, driven by a combination of organic growth and our acquisition of Paragon.
Net income was CAD 5 million, or CAD 0.29 per basic and diluted share, compared to CAD 3.3 million, or CAD 0.19 per basic and diluted share in the third quarter of 2019 due to our top-line growth accentuated by our cost management strategies, with reductions primarily in wages and salaries and occupancy costs. Our consolidated expenses were CAD 29.7 million, a decrease of CAD 2.8 million compared to the same quarter last year, which combined with our revenue growth, drove EBITDA of CAD 10.9 million compared to CAD 8.6 million in the same quarter last year. The EBITDA margin for the third quarter was 29.4% compared to 26.7% in the same quarter of 2019. Adjusted EBITDA was CAD 13.2 million for the quarter compared to CAD 8.7 million in the same quarter last year, which is primarily impacted by acquisition and integration costs in the quarter related to Paragon.
Turning to our business segments, overall revenue and Registry Operations was CAD 18.4 million for the quarter, up compared to CAD 17.6 million in the same period in 2019. Consistent with the improvement in activity that began in June, following the phased reopening in Saskatchewan, volumes in the third quarter generally stabilized, albeit at a level below 2019. Total transaction volumes across all registries were lower on a year-over-year basis in the third quarter, mainly due to reduced search volumes across all registries. Despite these impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, revenue increased, mainly in the Land Registry and Personal Property Registry. Revenue for the Land Registry was CAD 13 million in the quarter, up 4.9% from Q3 of 2019. The increase was due to an increase in regular land transfers and mortgage registrations during the quarter relative to the same period in 2019.
In addition, we saw higher average land values for regular land transfers in the third quarter, which positively impacted the revenue. High-value property registration revenue, where each high-value registration generates revenue of CAD 10,000 or more, was down slightly in the quarter at CAD 0.75 million as compared to CAD 0.8 million in the third quarter of 2019. In the Personal Property Registry, revenue was CAD 2.8 million for the quarter, up 3.8% compared to the same quarter in 2019. Overall volume was down 5.3% compared to the same period in 2019, as the registry felt the continued impacts related to COVID-19, although not as pronounced as the second quarter. Registration revenue was up by 6.2% in the quarter while volumes were down 4.1%. Revenue rose because of annual pricing changes, coupled with a higher average term length for personal property security registration setups, which generates greater revenue.
Search revenue was down 2.6% on weaker volumes, which were down 6.1% compared to last year. Maintenance revenue was up 2.3% compared to the same period last year based on pricing changes, as volumes were down 3.8%. Revenue in the Corporate Registry for the quarter was CAD 2.4 million, flat compared to the same period in 2019. Registration and maintenance revenue grew by 6.3% and 0.7%, respectively, compared to the same period last year. Year-over-year increases in the incorporation and registration of new business entities drove registration revenue growth, which was offset by the decline in search revenue, down 8.9% in the quarter due to lower search volumes. The net result is that EBITDA for Registry Operations for the quarter was CAD 10.1 million, up from CAD 8.3 million for the same period last year. The increase in the quarter was due to higher revenue and continued cost management.
Year-to-date, EBITDA was CAD 24 million compared to CAD 25.1 million last year, a result of overall year-to-date revenue from the impact of COVID-19, partially offset by the reduction in expenses. For our Services segment, we've made some changes in this quarter to the way we report our services revenue. Beginning in Q3, we've recategorized our reporting into three different divisions following the acquisition of the assets of Paragon, which closed on July 31st, 2020. Our offerings are now categorized into these three divisions, specifically Corporate Solutions, Regulatory Solutions, and Recovery Solutions. The table in our MD&A sets out the various offerings provided by our Services segment, I encourage you to take a look at it if you haven't done so already. You'll also find descriptions of each of the new reporting divisions in there as well.
We believe this expanded detail will provide readers with a more comprehensive understanding of our Services segment. With that in mind, Services revenue for the second quarter was CAD 16.4 million, an increase of 27.4% compared to the same period in 2019. Revenue was up in the quarter compared to last year due to organic growth in Regulatory Solutions, as well as additional revenue from the acquisition of Paragon, which is reported as Recovery Solutions. Revenue year-to-date is also up over last year for the same reasons, though somewhat offset by a reduction in overall volumes in the second quarter from the economic conditions created as a result of COVID-19. Revenue in Corporate Solutions, which is our smallest division in Services, was CAD 1.1 million for the quarter, flat compared to the same third quarter of 2019.
For the first nine months of 2020, revenue was CAD 3.4 million compared to CAD 3.7 million last year, mostly due to the second quarter impact of COVID-19. Revenue in Regulatory Solutions for the quarter was CAD 13.4 million, an increase of 14% compared to the same period in 2019 due to organic growth as we onboarded multiple new customers and numerous new users in the quarter. Revenue year-to-date was CAD 35.3 million, up 4.3% compared to CAD 33.9 million for the same period last year, as organic growth and the Paragon acquisition helped offset the impacts related to COVID-19 felt in the second quarter. Revenue in Recovery Solutions in the third quarter was CAD 1.9 million, a result of two months of activity after the acquisition of the assets of Paragon.
Expenses in Services for the quarter were CAD 12.8 million, an increase of CAD 1.7 million compared to the same period in 2019, and were CAD 32.6 million year-to-date compared to CAD 32.4 million last year. The increase was due to additional wages and salaries and integration costs related to our acquisition of Paragon and increases in our cost of goods sold, consistent with our higher revenue. These were partially offset by our cost management activities, resulting in EBITDA for Services of CAD 3.6 million for the quarter, compared to CAD 1.8 million for the same period last year, and CAD 8 million year-to-date compared to CAD 5.2 million last year. Finally, Technology Solutions saw revenue of CAD 4.8 million for the quarter, compared to CAD 5.1 million for the third quarter of 2019.
Revenue from external parties for the quarter was CAD 2.3 million and year-to-date was CAD 7 million, up year-over-year and year-to-date due to the completion of milestones on current contracts. Revenue from internal parties was down year-over-year and year-to-date, as we continue to work to service internal requirements as efficiently and effectively as possible. Overall, EBITDA for Technology Solutions increased CAD 1 million for the quarter compared to the third quarter of 2019, and increased CAD 2.3 million year-to-date compared to last year, primarily due to reduced expenses as we continue to work to decrease our cost of delivering information technology solutions overall, as well as some minor pandemic travel and other related cost reductions.
Turning to other items, our capital expenditures were CAD 0.1 million for the quarter, compared to CAD 0.8 million for Q3 of 2019, and were CAD 0.8 million year to date versus CAD 2.5 million last year to date. The reductions are due to our current work from home environment, which has resulted in the deferral of certain capital expenditures planned in 2020.
W ith respect to our debt, at September 30, 2020, the company had CAD 76.1 million of total debt outstanding, compared to CAD 18 million at December 31, 2019. As reported earlier, and as Jeff noted, in August, we announced an increase to our credit facility from CAD 80 million to CAD 150 million with a two-year term. The new facility is available on a revolving basis and was used to refinance amounts under the previous facilities, with a balance available for future growth opportunities, capital expenditures, and general corporate purposes.
Further details on our debt and our credit facilities can be found in our MD&A and financial statements. From a liquidity perspective, at September 30th, 2020, we held CAD 22.5 million in cash, compared to CAD 23.7 million at December 31st, 2019. At September 30th, working capital was CAD 19.8 million, compared to CAD 17.7 million at the end of the last year. The increase in working capital is primarily the result of increased accounts receivable related to revenue growth and the addition of the acquired Paragon business. Consolidated free cash flow for the quarter was CAD 9.4 million, compared to CAD 6.6 million for the same period in 2019. The increase is due to higher operational results and less cash additions to assets this year compared to 2019. Finally, we also announced yesterday that our Board of Directors approved our quarterly cash dividend of CAD 0.20 per share.
The dividend will be payable on or before January 15th, 2021 to shareholders of record as of December 31st, 2020. I'll now turn the call back over to Jeff for some concluding remarks.
Thanks, Shawn. As I said at the start of the call, our financial performance for the third quarter remained strong, and the resiliency of our business segments is evident in our results. As such, we remain focused on our long-term strategic objectives while ensuring the viability of the existing business in the midst of the global pandemic. The uncertainty surrounding the duration and potential outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic remains for the foreseeable future. While we position the company to manage through the situation, we continue to be unable at this time to predict the full impact on our financial results going forward.
However, based on our strong results for the year so far and the continued execution of our growth strategy, we remain confident that we've taken the appropriate action to reduce operating costs to remain competitive through the pandemic, to maintain our long-term focus on growth, and to do the right thing for our employees, customers, shareholders, and other stakeholders, supported by the right team and a strong balance sheet. With that, I'll hand the call back to Jonathan.
Thanks, Jeff. Operator, we'd now like to begin the question- and- answer session, please.
Absolutely. At this time, I would like to remind everyone, in order to ask your questions, please press star then the number one on your telephone keypad. Your first question comes from the line of Stephanie Price from CIBC.
Morning.
Hi. Morning, Stephanie.
Services revenue grew strongly even without the contribution of Paragon. Just wondering if you can talk a bit about what you're seeing organically within that Regulatory Solutions group. I think you mentioned there were some new contract wins there and customers onboarded.
Hey, Stephanie. Jeff here. Yeah. As I've mentioned before, our services business continues to grow organically. We are seeing pressures, sort of general economic pressures, COVID-19 related pressures generally on the business. I think much of that is being offset by the acquisition of new customers to what I've mentioned on the call was our new platform on Registry Complete, which is resonating very well with new customers, and we onboarded a number of new customers in Q3 on that platform alone. We are seeing organic growth in that space.
Thank you. In terms of the registry division, obviously it was an improvement from the prior quarter. Land Registry specifically saw a bit more growth than we were expecting. Can you talk a little bit about the outlook now that we're kind of in a second wave of COVID a nd what you're thinking about-
It's hard to predict what COVID and sort of the impact of the second wave might be. In Saskatchewan, where we operate this registry, we're seeing some increases in numbers, but not at the same level necessarily that we're seeing across Canada. I'd say we remain optimistic about the registry and the continued operation of the registry, but we do live in uncertain times, and so I'm really careful about getting too far ahead on my skis, if you will, on that. So far so good and sort of Q3 is a bit of a proof of that. We still see lots of activity in the real estate market and here in Saskatchewan and where our Land Registry is primarily derived.
Great. Thanks. Maybe just one more from me on the acquisitions. Just wondering if you've got any update on the pipeline or any change that you think you have in terms of the acquisition front, just given the recent increase in the credit limit.
Yeah. As we've talked about in previous earnings calls, the pipeline, it's funny times to be doing acquisitions in some ways. Shawn and I, we're continually taking a look for opportunities where it makes sense. I'll stand by the premise that we'll be prepared to get all over anything that sort of fits our strategic plan that's at the right price and at the right time for the right reasons and we won't step outside of that. We did up the credit facility as we've talked about to be able to take advantage of those opportunities. Obviously, I have nothing to announce today, but as we continue to grow and expand our reach, we come across more opportunities. I don't think our pace is going to change significantly. We've historically kind of been a one-a-year type company.
In some cases it's two, in some cases it's zero. We do actively look at a number of opportunities and say no to a lot of things and then take deeper dives with some as well. I know that's a fairly generic answer, Stephanie, but we are still active in it but nothing sort of imminent for sure.
Great. Thank you.
Thanks, Stephanie.
Your next question comes from the line of Paul Treiber from RBC Capital Markets.
Oh, thanks, good morning.
Good morning.
Just in regards to the land registry business, in particular positive revenue growth despite negative volumes, could you speak to why you're seeing land transfers and mortgage registrations improve while search is down? Do you think this dynamic will persist through Q4 and beyond?
Sure. Paul, I'll take a shot at that. Shawn can correct me when I'm wrong. There's a number of things that make up our revenue in the Land Registry and you've touched on a number of them. I think what has been lacking, if you will, certainly in Q2, was the amount of high-value transactions that were in the system. Those are properties that sort of essentially change hands that are worth a lot more, and we have a threshold that we call high-value transactions. What we've seen is a bit of a resumption of normal high-value transaction activity, which wasn't there certainly through a lot of COVID. We're seeing some of that. We are seeing transactions, certainly, and a lot of activity in the marketplace. Shawn, I don't know, is there more to that?
Yeah. The only thing I'd add, Paul, is that we did see a reduction in those volumes in Q2, so we contemplated that we might see a bit of a pickup in Q3 as there was a bit of pent-up demand. Just anecdotally speaking, we know there was a lot of folks at home looking at real estate on their computers and searching that way. We did see a bit of a pickup year-over-year, but year to date, the transactions are still down. I think it's just partly a factor of timing between Q2 and Q3.
In terms of the impact on your revenue, mathematically speaking, land transfers and mortgage registrations are higher revenue drivers than search. When you think through to Q4 and your sort of outlook, do you assume a deceleration in land transfers and mortgage registrations, maybe if they were boosted by some of Q2 going to Q3?
We would normally assume that anyways, regardless of the Q2 and Q3 are our strongest quarters typically in that, and we see a reduction in Q4 and Q1 anyway. Yeah. Normally we would expect a bit of a reduction anyways.
Okay. Shifting here to Paragon. The revenue in the quarter was a little bit lighter than what we thought. Was it in line with your expectations, or was there anything seasonal with Paragon that we should be aware of?
I wouldn't call it seasonal. We did comment on the acquisition of Paragon that the COVID-19 had impacted the amount of recovery happening in the space as well as there's a lot of loan deferrals, both federally and with the major banks. I think it's in line with our expectations. We knew where we were in July when we closed the transaction in terms of COVID, and I think it's pretty much played out the way we thought it would. There's certainly potential down the road as some of those loan deferrals stop, and the payments start again, that recovery is going to pick up, and that's the long-term value we see in that asset.
Okay, great. I'll pass the line.
Thanks, Paul.
Your next question comes from the line of Jesse Pytlak from Cormark Securities. Your line is open.
Hey, good morning. You've kind of already touched on this with some of the other questions, but can you maybe give a sense, just in terms of the strength that you saw in registry and services, how much of that was maybe just kind of pent-up demand from everything that happened in Q2 as opposed to if it was more of a normalized environment?
Jesse, thanks for the question. A little bit of it in the Land Registry we think was pent-up demand. I mean, Q2 and Q3 are our strongest quarters typically, and given that we saw a bit of a reduction in Q2, it was entirely plausible that we'd see some of that in Q3, which I think we did. Q3 for us, just in Saskatchewan, Jeff has commented earlier that our COVID numbers are not the same as the rest of Canada. Q3 felt fairly normal, just out and about. That probably helped. In the services, I would say there's probably some pent-up demand, a little less. I think most of Q3 is organic growth as a result of the team really pounding the pavement and going after customers, and customers seeing the value in our services.
I think it's more about organic growth that we drove as opposed to pent-up demand.
Okay, that's helpful. Then just shifting to Technology Solutions. You continue to call out these implementation delays, which is obviously understandable given everything that's going on more broadly. Do you feel that you're getting closer to being able to execute on some of this work, maybe more so now than you felt three months ago? Are these projects being kind of continually pushed out further and further?
No, I don't think they're being pushed out further and further. I think primarily our customers on the technology solution space are governments and government jurisdictions that have, like every government, a multitude of emergent priorities here as it relates to COVID and the economy and getting things rolling and contact tracing and all the things that government agencies are doing. This isn't, I mean, a sort of push out perennially. Our team continues to work. I think we'll see some completions and go lives shortly from the work that's been done through Q2 and Q3. It's not being pushed out at any length of time that's significant to us. It's really essentially just crossing a quarter or a few months here and there. It's not problematic in that way.
I don't think this is a long-term trend that Technology Solutions projects are going to get pushed out forever, because they're not. There's work being done, and in many ways, we're very close to go live dates on a few of them for sure.
All right, thank you. I'll pass the line.
Thanks, Jesse.
Your next question comes from the line of Stephen Boland from Raymond James. Your line is open.
Good morning, everyone.
Morning, Stephen.
First question, just on in the Services business, this new product Registry Complete. Can you just give me a little reminder, is this being rolled out to existing customers, or is this a new product that's hoping to attract existing customers or rolling out to new customers?
Little of both, Stephen. It's a product that sort of facilitates. It's really an easy-to-use product that would appeal to a current client base. I can tell you that Q3, we onboarded a number of new clients that use that tool and will use that tool going forward. I don't know if it's targeted at any one particular group other than it is nice to bring on a number of new clients because of the tool, for sure.
What would you say the revenue potential is for this product alone? If you can segment it or if that's possible.
Yeah. I'm not sure I could give you a direct answer on that. We see that Regulatory Solutions part of our business as a key area of focus. Recovery Solutions division is running sort of on its own. We're focusing hard on that Regulatory Solutions market. I think we'll continue to see growth, but I don't think I could give you a specific number at this point.
Okay. I'm just going to switch to the balance sheet. Free cash flows or your dividend as a percent of your free cash flows may be at an all-time low. What is the focus going forward here? Is it possibility of a dividend increase, reducing debt or stockpiling cash for another acquisition? What would you say your priority is?
It's a great question. I think one of the aspects of growing the business and increasing sort of that cash flow does give us more options. We have been focused on growth and acquisition for the past number of quarters/years, which then has obviously driven down our payout ratio. This is something our board and I talk about fairly regularly. Right now, our focus is on continuing to grow the business. At some point, rewarding shareholders for that growth might be something that's a real issue for us and our board to contemplate. For now, it's a good position to be in. We were able to sort of drive through, and I'm not saying we're out of the woods yet on the pandemic, but drive through the pandemic fairly well financially and not have to talk about dividend in a negative way.
Yeah, I think it is a consideration as we move forward that maybe balancing some of this growth with dividends is a consideration, but right now it's not on the table in the imminent future.
You're comfortable with your debt size compared to your capital and your EBITDA levels?
Yeah, we remain comfortable at that level. That is a use of proceeds that we certainly have considered in the past in drawing down some of that debt as appropriate. We are not uncomfortable with this debt level at this point relative to our cash flow and EBITDA, and more than comfortable to take on more, which is why we took on a greater credit facility as it relates to that. We are comfortable, generally speaking, that this level is not problematic for us, for sure.
Okay. Thanks very much.
Thanks, Trevor. Sorry, Stephen.
Your next question comes from the line of Trevor Reynolds from Acumen Capital. Your line is open.
Hey, guys. You guys mentioned some deferred CapEx, is that likely to stay deferred until COVID measures are kind of off the table, or when do you expect that to come back?
Good question, Trevor. As we're going through, we're just in our budgeting cycle for 2021. That's a discussion point. Given that we're probably in this pandemic for the next few months anyway or some sort of the foreseeable future, we have revamped how we are looking at these things. We'll be moving forward probably with a number of them. We are able to work remotely, as Jeff has talked about before, both our staff and our IT team. It was more a bit of getting settled through the COVID period, and now that we're done that, I think we'll be starting our CapEx program again.
Okay. Just the magnitude of what you kind of expect on that front?
Yeah. It's not going to be out of the ordinary. We're always sort of in that CAD 2 million to CAD 4 million to CAD 6 million at the top end of CapEx. I would expect that to continue for the foreseeable future. It's really more, I don't want to call it maintenance CapEx, because there's improvements that we continually do in our registries and our software and those types of things. Certainly, those will continue on. A little bit of the bricks and mortar CapEx that we've had in the past is obviously going away as we've closed three service centers last year and closed our Montreal office this year. Some of those are going away, but the magnitude will stay pretty consistent, I think.
Great, thanks. On the Technology Solutions side, are you able to provide any indication of the magnitude of those projects that are currently being pushed out a little bit?
They all relate to projects that we've announced previously, so our client in Nova Scotia. The IAA is an ongoing one, so that one's not really being pushed out, but mostly around Nova Scotia, which is one we announced previously.
Got it. Thanks. Last one, just maybe can you comment on the current COVID measures in Saskatchewan and where they sit and kind of where you guys have a sense in terms of where they're going?
Sure. Yeah, Saskatchewan, like I said, there has been an increase in the number of active daily cases. We're in and around probably 70- 80 new cases a day. Hospitalizations remain fairly low. A lot of those cases have stemmed from some nightclubs activity in Saskatoon. A lot of younger folks actually contracting it, which is not necessarily good or bad, but the likelihood of survival is higher. What has happened in the past couple of days is Saskatchewan, the health authority, has imposed masking, masks in public places and reduced public gatherings from 15 to 10 for the next 28 days. I think it's just more a cautious approach. What we haven't seen is any restrictions economically. Gyms and restaurants stay open.
The only thing, effect, that we've seen is alcohol serving after 10:00 P.M. in Saskatoon is now not allowed, but I don't think that has a devastating impact on the economy. We're seeing sort of an economy as close to normal as one could imagine it might be in a pandemic. It's not what we're seeing in other parts of the country, including Ontario and Manitoba, Quebec. Those are different situations. This government is taking a fairly cautious approach and added a few measures that I think most will be able to comply with, and it's not going to be an issue.
Great. Thanks, guys. That's it for me.
Thanks, Trevor.
Again, for anyone who wants to ask questions, you may press star one on your telephone keypad. I am showing no further questions at this time. I would now like to turn the conference back to Mr. Hackshaw. Sir, please continue.
Thank you, Jeff. With no further questions, I would like to once again thank everyone for joining us on today's call, and we look forward to speaking again when we next report. Have a good day. Bye-bye.
Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.