Finance

RBC Tightens Security as Protesters Rally Outside Annual Meeting

Royal Bank of Canada’s headquarters in the financial district of Toronto on March 1.Photographer: Chloe Ellingson/Bloomberg
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Royal Bank of Canada’s annual shareholder meeting was dominated by questions about its financing of fossil-fuel businesses as dozens of protesters rallied outside the gathering.

The meeting on Thursday featured ramped-up security and strictly enforced rules — including a limit of 60 seconds of speaking time per questioner — and was convened at a conference center in suburban Toronto rather than in the city’s downtown core, where it has been held in the past.