There is typically a presentation on company accomplishments from the CEO, and shareholders usually have an opportunity to ask questions. The online migration was a scramble for most, as Canadian organizations have been much slower to adopt virtual meetings than their counterparts in the United States. "The challenge is that participation at some of these (virtual) meetings has been limited — the ability to ask questions has been limited by the company to either written questions in advance or sometimes no questions," he said. But the potential for online meetings, if they allow for full shareholder participation, is actually probably positive." Thirteen per cent of the meetings were what it called "limited hybrid," where participants could remotely ask questions but couldn't vote.

Source: CBC News August 03, 2020 16:52 UTC