CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus, any prospectus supplement and/or “free writing prospectus”, and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, contain certain “forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable U.S. and Canadian securities laws. These forward-looking statements and information relate to, among other things, our group’s business, operations, objectives, goals, strategies, intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations and estimates and anticipated events or trends. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements and information by terms such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “could”, “estimate”, “likely”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “continue”, “plan”, “potential”, “objective”, “tend”, “seek”, “target”, “foresee”, “aim to”, “outlook”, “endeavor”, “will”, “would” and “should” or the negative of those terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements and information are not historical facts but reflect our group’s current expectations regarding future results or events and are based on information currently available to our group and on assumptions our group believes are reasonable.
Although our group believes that its anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements and information are based on reasonable assumptions and expectations, the reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information because they involve assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and information. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to our group or are within its control. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations and our group’s plans and strategies may vary materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements and information in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement and/or any “free writing prospectus”, and in any of the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein.
Factors that could cause our group’s actual results to differ materially from those contemplated or implied by the forward-looking statements and information in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement include, without limitation:
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commodity risks;
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alternative technologies could impact the demand for, or use of, the businesses and assets that our group owns and operates and could impair or eliminate the competitive advantage of our group’s businesses and assets;
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acquisitions may subject us to additional risks and the expected benefits of our acquisitions may not materialize;
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the competitive market for acquisition opportunities and the inability to identify and complete acquisitions as planned;
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pending acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions may not be completed on the timeframe or in the manner contemplated, or at all;
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our group’s ability to renew existing contracts and win additional contracts with existing or potential customers;
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deployment of capital for our committed backlog and other projects we are pursuing may be delayed, curtailed or redirected altogether;
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timing and price for the completion of unfinished projects;
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infrastructure operations may require substantial capital expenditures;
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exposure to environmental risks, including increasing environmental legislation and the broader impacts of climate change;
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exposure to increased economic regulation and adverse regulatory decisions;
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First Nations claims to land, adverse claims or governmental claims may adversely affect our group’s infrastructure operations;