Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Welcome to Laurentian Bank Financial Results Call. Please note that this call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Raphael Ambo, Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Raphael. Bonjour à tous. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Today's opening remarks will be delivered by Eric Prevost, President and CEO, and the review of the first quarter financial results will be presented by Yvan Deschamps, Executive Vice President and CFO. after which we'll invite questions from the phone. Also joining us for the question period is Christian Debroux, Executive Vice President and CRO. All documents pertaining to the quarter can be found on our website in the Investor Relations section. I'd like to remind you that during this conference call, forward-looking statements may be made, and it is possible that actual results may differ materially from those projected in such statements. For the complete cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements, please refer to our press release or to slide 2 of the presentation. I would also like to remind listeners that the Bank assesses its performance on a reported and adjusted basis and considers both to be useful in assessing underlying business performance. Eric and Yvan will be referring to adjusted results in their remarks unless otherwise noted as reported. I will now turn the call over to Eric. Merci Raphael. Bonjour à tous et bienvenue à notre conférence téléphonique pour le premier trimestre de 2026. Good morning and thank you for being with us today. For the first quarter of 2026, we're pleased with the progress we've made on our key priorities. Our core commercial businesses showed solid underlying momentum with a total long growth of 4% in the first quarter, which is...