Alberta Gazette, Part I — Thursday, December 15, 2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Alberta — Gazette

The Alberta Gazette

Part I

Vol. 101 Edmonton, Thursday, December 15, 2005 No. 23

PROCLAMATION

[GREAT SEAL]

CANADA

PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor.

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom,

Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the

Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

P R O C L A M A T I O N

To all to Whom these Presents shall come

G R E E T I N G

Terrence (Terry) Matchett, Deputy Minister of Justice and

Deputy Attorney General

WHEREAS

section 4 of the Alberta Science and Research Authority Amendment

Act, 2005 provides that that Act comes into force on Proclamation; and

WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim the Alberta Science and Research Authority

Amendment Act, 2005 in force:

NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive

Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act

hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested

in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim the Alberta

Science and Research Authority Amendment Act, 2005 in force on December 1,

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent

and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE NORMAN L. KWONG, Lieutenant Governor

of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this

30th day of November in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five and in the Fifty-

fourth Year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND Ron Stevens, Provincial Secretary.

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PROCLAMATION

[GREAT SEAL]

CANADA

PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor.

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom,

Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the

Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

P R O C L A M A T I O N

To all to Whom these Presents shall come

G R E E T I N G

Terrence (Terry) Matchett, Deputy Minister of Justice and

Deputy Attorney General

WHEREAS

section 14 of the Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 provides that

that Act comes into force on Proclamation; and

WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim the Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005

in force:

NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive

Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act

hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested

in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim the Animal

Protection Amendment Act, 2005 in force on January 3, 2006.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent

and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE NORMAN L. KWONG, Lieutenant Governor

of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this

23rd day of November in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five and in the Fifty-

fourth Year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND Ron Stevens, Provincial Secretary

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PROCLAMATION

[GREAT SEAL]

CANADA

PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor.

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom,

Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the

Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

P R O C L A M A T I O N

To all to Whom these Presents shall come

G R E E T I N G

Terrence (Terry) Matchett, Deputy Minister of Justice and

Deputy Attorney General

WHEREAS

section 157 of the Health Professions Act provides that that Act, except

section 143(3), comes into force on Proclamation; and

WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim

section 156(

r) and (

x) and

Schedule 25 of the

Health Professions Act in force:

NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive

Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act

hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested

in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim

section 156(

r) and (

x) and

Schedule 25 of the Health Professions Act in force on November 25,

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent

and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE NORMAN L. KWONG, Lieutenant Governor

of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this

23rd day of November in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five and in the Fifty-

fourth Year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND Ron Stevens, Provincial Secretary.

______________

PROCLAMATION

[GREAT SEAL]

CANADA

PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor.

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom,

Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the

Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

P R O C L A M A T I O N

To all to Whom these Presents shall come

G R E E T I N G

Terrence (Terry) Matchett, Deputy Minister of Justice and

Deputy Attorney General

WHEREAS

section 157 of the Health Professions Act provides that that Act, except

section 143(3), comes into force on Proclamation; and

WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim sections 147(2) to (6) and 156(

e) and

Schedule 24 of the Health Professions Act in force:

NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive

Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act

hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested

in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim sections 147(2)

to (6) and 156(

e) and

Schedule 24 of the Health Professions Act in force on

November 30, 2005.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent

and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE NORMAN L. KWONG, Lieutenant Governor

of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this

23rd day of November in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five and in the Fifty-

fourth Year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND Ron Stevens, Provincial Secretary.

______________

PROCLAMATION

[GREAT SEAL]

CANADA

PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor.

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom,

Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the

Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

P R O C L A M A T I O N

To all to Whom these Presents shall come

G R E E T I N G

Terrence (Terry) Matchett, Deputy Minister of Justice and

Deputy Attorney General

WHEREAS

section 157 of the Health Professions Act provides that that Act, except

section 143(3), comes into force on Proclamation; and

WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim sections 155(6) and 156(

w) and

Schedule 3 of

the Health Professions Act in force:

NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive

Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act

hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested

in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim sections 155(6)

and 156(

w) and

Schedule 3 of the Health Professions Act in force on April 1, 2006.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent

and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE NORMAN L. KWONG, Lieutenant Governor

of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this

15th day of November in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five and in the Fifty-

fourth Year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND Ron Stevens, Provincial Secretary

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PROCLAMATION

[GREAT SEAL]

CANADA

PROVINCE OF ALBERTA Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor.

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom,

Canada, and Her Other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the

Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith

P R O C L A M A T I O N

To all to Whom these Presents shall come

G R E E T I N G

Terrence (Terry) Matchett, Deputy Minister of Justice and

Deputy Attorney General

WHEREAS

section 20 of the Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act,

2003 provides that that Act comes into force on Proclamation; and

WHEREAS it is expedient to proclaim the Livestock Industry Diversification

Amendment Act, 2003 in force:

NOW KNOW YE THAT by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive

Council of Our Province of Alberta, by virtue of the provisions of the said Act

hereinbefore referred to and of all other power and authority whatsoever in Us vested

in that behalf, We have ordered and declared and do hereby proclaim the Livestock

Industry Diversification Amendment Act, 2003 in force on December 1, 2005.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent

and the Great Seal of Our Province of Alberta to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE NORMAN L. KWONG, Lieutenant Governor

of Our Province of Alberta, in Our City of Edmonton in Our Province of Alberta, this

30th day of November in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five and in the Fifty-

fourth Year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND Ron Stevens, Provincial Secretary.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL

O.C. 528/2005

(Municipal Government Act)

Approved and ordered:

Norman Kwong

Lieutenant Governor. November 15, 2005

The Lieutenant Governor in Council orders that, effective July 1, 2005, the land

described in Appendix A and shown on the sketch in Appendix B is separated

from the Municipal District of Wainwright, No. 61 and annexed to the Village of

Irma.

Ralph Klein, Chair.

APPENDIX A

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE LANDS SEPARATED

FROM THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF WAINWRIGHT, NO. 61

AND ANNEXED TO THE VILLAGE OF IRMA

ALL THAT PORTION OF ROAD PLAN 2461EO COMMENCING AT THE

NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1, BLOCK 25, PLAN 052 2374 EXTENDING

EASTWARD FOR A DISTANCE OF 310.96 METERS (1020.26 FEET).

APPENDIX B

A SKETCH SHOWING THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE AREA

ANNEXED TO THE VILLAGE OF IRMA

AFFECTED AREA

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ORDERS IN COUNCIL

O.C. 547/2005

(Municipal Government Act)

Approved and ordered:

Norman Kwong

Lieutenant Governor. November 23, 2005

The Lieutenant Governor in Council orders that

(

a) effective January 1, 2006, the land described in Appendix A and

shown on the sketch in Appendix B is separated from Parkland

County and annexed to the Town of Stony Plain,

(

b) any taxes owing to Parkland County at the end of December 31,

2005 in respect of the annexed land are transferred to and become

payable to the Town of Stony Plain together with any lawful

penalties and costs levied in respect of those taxes, and the Town

of Stony Plain upon collecting those taxes, penalties and costs

must pay them to Parkland County, and

(

c) the assessor for the Town of Stony Plain must assess, for the

purpose of taxation in 2006 and subsequent years, the annexed

land and the assessable improvements to it,

and makes the Order in Appendix C.

Shirley McClellan, Acting Chair.

APPENDIX A

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE LANDS SEPARATED

FROM PARKLAND COUNTY

AND ANNEXED TO THE TOWN OF STONY PLAIN

THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF

SECTION TWENTY-FOUR (24), TOWNSHIP

FIFTY-TWO (52), RANGE TWENTY-EIGHT (28), WEST OF THE FOURTH

MERIDIAN.

ALL THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF

SECTION

TWENTY-FOUR (24), TOWNSHIP FIFTY-TWO (52), RANGE TWENTY-EIGHT

(28), WEST OF THE FOURTH MERIDIAN LYING EAST OF HIGHWAY 779.

ALL THAT PORTION OF HIGHWAY 779 LYING WEST OF THE SOUTHWEST

QUARTER OF

SECTION TWENTY-FOUR (24), TOWNSHIP FIFTY-TWO (52),

RANGE TWENTY-EIGHT (28), WEST OF THE FOURTH MERIDIAN.

THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF

SECTION NINETEEN (19), TOWNSHIP

FIFTY-TWO (52), RANGE TWENTY-SEVEN (27), WEST OF THE FOURTH

MERIDIAN.

THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF

SECTION NINETEEN (19), TOWNSHIP

FIFTY-TWO (52), RANGE TWENTY-SEVEN (27), WEST OF THE FOURTH

MERIDIAN.

THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF

SECTION TWENTY (20), TOWNSHIP

FIFTY-TWO (52), RANGE TWENTY-SEVEN (27), WEST OF THE FOURTH

MERIDIAN.

THE EAST ONE-HALF OF

SECTION THIRTY (30), TOWNSHIP FIFTY-TWO

(52), RANGE TWENTY-SEVEN (27), WEST OF THE FOURTH MERIDIAN.

THE WEST ONE-HALF OF

SECTION TWENTY-NINE (29), TOWNSHIP FIFTY-

TWO (52), RANGE TWENTY-SEVEN (27), WEST OF THE FOURTH

MERIDIAN.

THE WEST ONE-HALF OF

SECTION THIRTY-TWO (32), TOWNSHIP FIFTY-

TWO (52), RANGE TWENTY-SEVEN (27), WEST OF THE FOURTH

MERIDIAN.

ALL THAT PORTION OF HIGHWAY 16A LYING NORTH OF THE

NORTHWEST QUARTER OF

SECTION THIRTY-TWO (32), TOWNSHIP

FIFTY-TWO (52), RANGE TWENTY-SEVEN (27), WEST OF THE FOURTH

MERIDIAN.

THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF

SECTION SIX (6), TOWNSHIP FIFTY-THREE

(53), RANGE TWENTY-SEVEN (27), WEST OF THE FOURTH MERIDIAN.

ALL THAT PORTION OF THE ROAD ALLOWANCE (BOUNDARY ROAD)

LYING EAST OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF

SECTION SIX (6),

TOWNSHIP FIFTY-THREE (53), RANGE TWENTY-SEVEN (27), WEST OF THE

FOURTH MERIDIAN.

THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF

SECTION ONE (1), TOWNSHIP FIFTY-THREE

(53), RANGE TWENTY-EIGHT (28), WEST OF THE FOURTH MERIDIAN.

ALL INTERVENING ROAD ALLOWANCES, REGISTERED ROAD PLANS

AND HIGHWAY PLANS AND ALL INTERSECTIONS.

APPENDIX B

A SKETCH SHOWING THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE

AREA ANNEXED TO THE TOWN OF STONY PLAIN

APPENDIX C

ORDER

1 In this Order, "annexed land" means the land described in Appendix A and shown

on the sketch in Appendix B.

2 Subject to

section 3, for taxation purposes in 2006 and subsequent years up to and

including 2013, the annexed land and the assessable improvements to it

(

a) must be assessed by the Town of Stony Plain on the same basis as if they

had remained in Parkland County, and

(

b) must be taxed by the Town of Stony Plain in respect of each assessment

class that applies to the annexed land and the assessable improvements to it

using the municipal tax rate established by Parkland County.

3(1)

Section 2 ceases to apply to a portion of the annexed land and the assessable

improvements to it in the taxation year immediately following the taxation year in

which

(

a) the portion becomes a new parcel of land 16 hectares or less in size, created

as a result of subdivision or separation of title by registered plan of

subdivision or by instrument or any other method that occurs at the request

of or on behalf of, the landowner,

(

b) the portion is redesignated, at the request of or on behalf of the landowner,

under the Town of Stony Plain Land Use Bylaw,

(

c) the portion containing an industrial or commercial development receives a

permit from the Town of Stony Plain to expand the industrial or commercial

development, or

(

d) the portion is connected to the water or sanitary sewer services provided by

the Town of Stony Plain.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a),

section 2 does not cease to apply in respect of

an existing farmstead that is subdivided from a previously unsubdivided quarter

section of the annexed land.

4 After

section 2 ceases to apply to a portion of the annexed land, that portion of the

annexed land and the assessable improvements to it must be assessed and taxed for

the purposes of property taxes in the same manner as other property of the same

assessment class in the Town of Stony Plain is assessed and taxed.

GOVERNMENT NOTICES

Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

Form 15

(Irrigation Districts Act)

(Section 88)

Notice to Irrigation Secretariat:

Change of Area of an Irrigation District

On behalf of the Western Irrigation District, I hereby request that the Irrigation

Secretariat forward a certified copy of this notice to the Registrar for Land Titles for

the purposes of registration under

Section 22 of the Land Titles Act and arrange for

notice to be published in the Alberta Gazette.

The following parcels of land should be removed from the irrigation district and the

notation removed from the certificate of title:

LINC Number

Short Legal Description

as shown on title

Title Number

0031 300 478

0513330;2;2

051 364 200

0027 168 525

9711654;4;19

051 402 519

0017 841 826

7710634;4;19

051 350 540

I certify the procedures required under

part 4 of the Irrigation Districts Act have been

completed and the area of the Western Irrigation District should be changed

according to the above list.

Laurie Hodge, Office Manager,

Irrigation Secretariat.

Community Development

Notice Of Intention To Designate A Provincial Historic Resource

(Historical Resources Act)

File: Des. 2143

Notice is hereby given that sixty days from the date of service of this Notice and its

publication in Alberta Gazette, the Minister of Community Development intends to

make an Order that the site known as the:

Cochrane Farm, together with the land legally described as:

Plan 012 6338, Lot 1A. Excepting thereout all mines and minerals. Area: 17.76

hectares (43.89 acres) more or less

and municipally located in the County of Grande Prairie No. 1

be designated as a Provincial Historic Resource under

Section 20 of the Historical

Resources Act, R.S.A. 2000 C. H-9.

The reasons for the designation are as follows:

The heritage value of Cochrane Farm lies in its association with Robert Cochrane I, a

pioneer farmer in Alberta's Peace Country renowned for his huge land holdings, his

international reputation as a timothy and alfalfa grower, his preservation of a large

tract of native prairie, and his collection of prehistoric fossils.

The Peace Country of Northern Alberta was opened to settlement in 1909 when the

township survey of the area was begun. Changes to Canadian homesteading

regulations in 1908 allowing for larger farmsteads encouraged many to settle in the

vast lands of the Peace - the last agricultural frontier on the continent. Robert and

Jenny Cochrane were some of the first settlers in the area, arriving in 1910 and

obtaining 1,280 acres of land by purchasing and applying South African Scrip. At the

time of their acquisition, the Cochranes boasted the largest farm in the Peace Country.

The land they selected was very fertile and Cochrane prospered as a farmer; in 1928

and 1931, he produced what was judged to be the best alfalfa and timothy in the

world, winning him international acclaim and attracting settlers to the Peace Country.

In addition to his vast and rich tracts of agricultural land, Cochrane also possessed

and preserved a quarter

section of native prairie, believed to be the largest known

acreage of the undisturbed "Grande Prairie" remaining. This land maintains much of

the region's indigenous plant life that was largely destroyed during the settlement

period in the Peace Country.

Justly renowned for his impressive crops and his forethought in preserving a portion

of native prairie, Cochrane also attracted attention for his interest in the collection and

study of prehistoric life in northern Alberta. An amateur palaeontologist, he scoured

the Kleskun Hills and Wapiti River area searching for fossils, and stored his

collection in his workshop, built in 1930. Some of his specimens were sent to the

Smithsonian, many more were transferred to the Provincial Museum of Alberta (now

the Royal Alberta Museum), while others were acquired by the Grande Prairie

Museum. His passion for palaeontology also led Cochrane to organize annual

geological picnics to the Kleskun Hills in the years following World War Two.

Attended by thousands, the events became major social occasions and also attracted

geologists from the University of Alberta.

The earliest extant buildings and structures on the Cochrane Farm were constructed

between 1930 and 1935 with typical, western Canadian materials and designs that

emphasized function over artistry. Nonetheless, the buildings contain certain

elements that mark their individuality. The 1930 workshop is distinguished by its

clipped gable roof, while the 1932 barn contains a decorative cupola and an unusual

front wall extending above the slope of the roof to form a parapet. The 1931

farmhouse contains several compelling features, including a local fieldstone

foundation and a wood framed structure clad in locally-made brick. Situated in a

wood-rich area, the farmhouse is thought to be the first rural dwelling in the Peace

River region to be built of brick. The significant buildings on the Cochrane Farm are

thus representative of both the largely unornamented, functional construction and

design of homestead buildings of this period and of the small, idiosyncratic elements

that added distinctiveness and style to these structures.

Dated this 16th day of November, A.D. 2005.

Mark Rasmussen, Assistant Deputy Minister.

Energy

Hosting Expenses Exceeding $600.00

For the period July 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005

Function: Energy Study Tour Dinner

Purpose: Alberta portion of the Energy Study Tour for Congress and Administration

Staffers.

Amount: $945.14 (this is only Energy's share - amount split with International and

Intergovernmental Relations).

Date: August 3, 2005

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Government Services

Hosting Expenses Exceeding $600.00

For the period July 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005

Function: 2005 Spring Tenancy Conference

Date: May 25 to 27, 2005

Amount: $790.99

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Purpose: To discuss provincial problems and remedies affecting the Residential

Tenancy Act and other tenancy matters.

Function: Alberta Registry Agents Association Annual Conference - Luncheon

Date: June 9, 2005

Amount: $3,178.40

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Purpose: To provide an opportunity for registry agents to learn more about the

government initiatives, registry business and updated technologies required for

performing agent business, and to provide a chance for the department staff to meet

with the agents.

Function: Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council Meetings

Date: July 7 and 8, 2005

Amount: $2,315.46

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Purpose: To discuss retail policy and conduct regular Council business.

Function: Public Sector CIO (PSCIOC) Privacy Sub-Committee

Date: June 14 and 15, 2005

Amount: $721.96

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Purpose: Meeting of the federal/provincial/territorial representatives held prior to the

annual Access and Privacy Conference.

Infrastructure and Transportation

Contract Increases Approved

Pursuant to Treasury Board Directive 08/93

Contract No: 6660/03

Contractor: E Construction Ltd.

Reason for Increase: This contract involves grading, granular base course, asphalt

concrete pavement, bridge culvert replacement and other work in Hwy. 28:02, S. of

the Sturgeon River to S. of Jct. Hwy. 642 and interchange ramps from Hwy. 28 to

195th Ave., in the City of Edmonton. Additional quantities of grading, paving and

base course items were required to address poor site conditions.

Contract Amount: $6,628,107.00

% Increase: 24.4%

Amount of Increase: $1,620,000.00

Date Approved: July 18, 2005

Contract No: 6794/04

Contractor: Graham Industrial Services Ltd.

Reason for Increase: This contract involves the construction of a precast concrete

girder bridge on B.F. 85091 carrying 111 St. over Anthony Henday Drive and

granular base course, asphalt concrete pavement, drainage, curb and gutter, concrete

walk, street lighting and other work on 111 St. from Blackburn Dr, to 9th Ave, in

Edmonton. Extra work related to a scope change related to design revision,

development growth and drainage and safety concerns was required.

Contract Amount: $7,262,073.75

% Increase: 16.5%

Amount of Increase: $1,200,000

Date Approved: July 18, 2005

Contract No: 6539/02

Contractor: Kiewit Management Ltd.

Reason for Increase: This contract involves construction of a cast-in-place concrete

arch bridge structure and MSE Walls on B.F. 85017 - Carrying Anthony Henday

Drive over Whitemud Creek and grading, storm sewer installation and other work on

Anthony Henday Drive E. of Whitemud Creek to W. of Whitemud Creek and

Whitemud Creek Realignment in the City of Edmonton. Extra quantities and extra

work were required due to unforeseen site conditions.

Contract Amount: $14,961,000.00

% Increase: 10.5%

Amount of Increase: $1,574,000.00

Date Approved: July 22, 2005

Contract No: 6815/04

Contractor: Top Notch Construction Ltd.

Reason for Increase: This contract involves dam upgrades on the Carseland-Bow

River Headworks System on McGregor Reservoir. Quantities for excavation, topsoil

and subsoil stripping and placement were under-estimated and unforeseen site

conditions cause the quantity of pit run gravel to increase.

Contract Amount: $3,616,500.00

% Increase: 13.5%

Amount of Increase: $533,500.00

Date Approved: July 29, 2005

Contract No: 6865/04

Contractor: Wapiti Gravel Suppliers, Division of N.P.A. Ltd.

Reason for Increase: This contract involves granular base course, asphalt concrete

pavement (EPS) and other work on Hwy. 43:10 on E. of Little Smoky River to W. of

Iosegun Lake. Additional work was required to twin three kilometers on Hwy. 43:10

to resolve safety issues. An additional 50 mm lift of asphalt was added on the worst

section for strengthening.

Contract Amount: $6,213,002.41

% Increase: 96.1%

Amount of Increase: $5,967,647.18

Date Approved: August 8, 2005

Contract No: 7071/05

Contractor: Western Irrigation District

Reason for Increase: This contract involves installation of monitoring equipment. A

design change increased the price as well as extra work related to rip rap, canal bank

armour and safety fencing.

Contract Amount: $150,000.00

% Increase: 64.0%

Amount of Increase: $96,000.00

Date Approved: August 16, 2005

Contract No: 6713/03

Contractor: Lafarge Canada Inc.

Reason for Increase: This contract involves grading, GB, ACP and other work on

Hwy. 201:08 Stoney Trail. Quantity overrun on GBC and extra work for a better fit

Contract Amount: $3,536,206.00

% Increase: 14.6%

Amount of Increase: $500,000.00

Date Approved: September 2, 2005

Contract No: 007621

Calgary - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

Refurbishment of the Main Hall and Infrastructure

Renewal

Contractor: Bird Management Ltd.

Reason for Increase: The scope of the work for this project was increased by

$2,500,000.00 to cover the cost of lobby upgrades. In addition, during the normal

course of construction there were changes attributable to unforeseen issues in this

fifty-year-old facility (hazardous materials, conflicting new and old structure and

service lines, incomplete existing fire separations, crumbling unstable clay block

walls).

Contract Amount: $26,655,000.00

% Increase: 19.7%

Amount of Increase: $5,245,000.00

Date Approved: September 9, 2005

Contract No: 007622

Edmonton - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

Refurbishment of the Main Hall and Infrastructure

Renewal

Contractor: Bird Construction Company

Reason for Increase: The scope of the work for this project was increased by

$2,500,000.00 to cover the cost of lobby upgrades. In addition, during the normal

course of construction there were changes attributable to unforeseen issues in this

fifty-year-old facility (hazardous materials, conflicting new and old structure and

service lines, incomplete existing fire separations, crumbling unstable clay block

walls).

Contract Amount: $27,578,800.00

% Increase: 20.2%

Amount of Increase: $2,571,200.00

Date Approved: September 9, 2005

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Sale or Disposition of Land

(Government Organization Act)

Name of Purchaser: Foothills Academy Society

Consideration: $310,200

Land Description: Plan 0512119, Block 1, Lot 7, excepting thereout all mines and

minerals. Located in the City of Calgary.

Name of Purchaser: Kelly Whitney

Consideration: $108,000

Land Description: Plan 8021615, Block 18, Lot 50, excepting thereout all mines and

minerals. Located in the Town of Swan Hills.

Name of Purchaser: The City of Grande Prairie

Consideration: $9,000

Land Description: Plan 2730RS, Block 6, excepting thereout all mines and

minerals. Located in the City of Grande Prairie.

Justice

Office of the Public Trustee

Property being held by the Public Trustee for a period of Ten

(10) Years

(Public Trustee Act)

Section 11 (2)(

b) Name of Person Entitled

to Property

Description

of Property

held and its

value or

estimated

value

Property part of

deceased person's

Estate or held under

Court Order:

Deceased's Name

Judicial District Court

File Number

Public Trustee

Office

Additional

Information

Armand Beaulieu Missing

Beneficiaries

Cash on hand

$2,290.22

Estate

Armand Beaulieu

JD of Edmonton

SES03 108827

Edmonton

(File #144983)

Estate of Amable Edmond

J Bernard

Cash on hand

$3,350.78

Estate

Paul Joseph Bernard

JD of Edmonton

SES03 101619

Edmonton

(File #129453)

Allan Neal Bradford aka

Allen Neill Bradford

Missing Beneficiaries

Cash on hand

$57,748.23

Estate

Allan Neal Bradford aka

Allen Neill Bradford

JD of Wetaskiwin

SES12 29271

Edmonton

(File #039813)

Lawrence Contois

Cash on hand

$401.95

Estate

Virgina Contois

JD of Edmonton

SES03 095573

Edmonton

(File #129719)

Cyril Bruce Cramer

Cash on hand

$1,853.61

Estate

Harry Arnold Lawrence

Cramer

JD of Edmonton

SES03 114218

Edmonton

(File #146165)

Harry Arnold Cramer

Missing Niece of

Cash on hand

$1,853.61

Estate

Harry Arnold Lawrence

Cramer

JD of Edmonton

SES03 114218

Edmonton

(File #146165)

Elizabeth Jennifer Hrenko

Cash on hand

$1,853.61

Estate

Harry Arnold Lawrence

Cramer

JD of Edmonton

SES03 114218

Edmonton

(File #146165)

Leona Dickson

Cash on hand

$1,853.61

Estate

Harry Arnold Lawrence

Cramer

JD of Edmonton

SES03 114218

Edmonton

(File #146165)

Veronika Copek

Cash on hand

$481.06

Estate

Ivan Dominko

JD of Edmonton

SES03 113602

Edmonton

(File #145087)

Bernarda Koren

Cash on hand

$504.27

Estate

Ivan Dominko

JD of Edmonton

SES03 113602

Edmonton

(File #145087)

Michael O'Donohue

Cash on hand

$15,298.91

Estate

John Donohue

JD of Edmonton

SES03 113654

Edmonton

(File #141101)

Cecille Dunn

Cash on hand

$3,316.57

Estate

Allen Dunn

JD of Red Deer

SES10 14301

Edmonton

(File #136994)

Thelma Johnson

Cash on hand

$35,584.70

Estate

Nellie Jean Hepburn

JD of Red Deer

SES10 13855

Edmonton

(File #007374)

Albert Kroeze aka

Hal Brown

Cash on hand

$6,938.01

Estate

Johan Kroeze aka

John Kroeze

JD of Edmonton

SES03 116112

Edmonton

(File #148628)

Maria Elioglou

Cash on hand

$348.56

Estate

Maria J Manitsis

JD of Edmonton

SES03 115383

Edmonton

(File #143025)

Jan Olejarski Missing

Beneficiaries

Cash on hand

$613.64

Estate

Jan Olejarski

JD of Edmonton

Edmonton

(File #147213)

Stephanie Marie Farris

Cash on hand

$826.55

Estate

James Joseph Wynne

JD of Edmonton

SES03 092097

Edmonton

(File #122269)

Kuzma Wynnyczuk

Missing Beneficiaries

Cash on hand

$7,488.99

Estate

Kuzma Wynnyczuk

JD of Edmonton

SES03 100359

Edmonton

(File #128391)

Yu Soo Yee

Cash on hand

$17,274.57

Estate

Hong Yui Yee

JD of Edmonton

SES03 105245

Edmonton

(File #125989)

Merrill Lynch Royal

Securities Ltd

Cash on hand

$11,669.84

Estate

North West Trust

Missing share holders

Edmonton

(File #129807)

50 shares of

Allarco

Developments

Limited

St John's Press Ltd

Cash on hand

$304.63

Estate

North West Trust

Missing share holders

Edmonton

(File #129807)

1 share of

Allarco

Developments

Ltd

Sayo Abe

Cash on hand

$66,479.42

Estate

Harvo Abe

JD of Calgary

SES01 95158

Calgary

(File #039807)

Gary Orr

Cash on hand

$476.24

Estate

Marion Carolyn

Bevilacqua

JD of Calgary

Calgary

(File #037219)

Michalina Dorosh

Cash on hand

$83,517.76

Estate

Edward Gerald Dorosh

JD of Calgary

SES01 84997

Calgary

(File #031118)

Hannah May Dyson

Cash on hand

$29,443.93

Estate

Arthur Dyson

JD of Calgary

SES01 087105

Calgary

(File #027522)

Children of George Eccles

Cash on hand

$5,954.67

Estate

George Henry Eccles

JD of Calgary

SES01 089833

Calgary

(File #034880)

Rodney Babitzke

Cash on hand

$4,012.69

Court Order

Mary Eidem

JD of Medicine Hat

SES08 17824

Calgary

Berta Ehlert Missing

Sibling Unknown

Cash on hand

$90,287.86

Estate

Berta Ehlert

JD of Calgary

Calgary

(File #034340)

Jack Kumlin

Cash on hand

$45,454.58

Estate

Harry Einar Kumlin

JD of Calgary

SES01 095684

Calgary

(File #040998)

Jane Kuschnier

Cash on hand

$875.15

Estate

Bogdan Fred Kuschnier

JD of Calgary

SES01 94253

Calgary

(File #038784)

Robert Lang

Cash on hand

$213.03

Estate

Wilbur Morton Lang

JD of Lethbridge/

MacLeod

ES06 07998

Calgary

(File #030644)

Mr & Mrs William

McLaughlin

Cash on hand

$213.03

Estate

Wilbur Morton Lang

JD of Lethbridge/

MacLeod

ES06 07998

Calgary

(File #030644)

Dave McKenzie

Cash on hand

$213.03

Estate

Wilbur Morton Lang

JD of Lethbridge/

MacLeod

ES06 07998

Calgary

(File #030644)

Phylis & Kit St Cyr

Cash on hand

$213.03

Estate

Wilbur Morton Lang

JD of Lethbridge/

MacLeod

ES06 07998

Calgary

(File #030644)

Brenda Sheppard

Cash on hand

$213.03

Estate

Wilbur Morton Lang

JD of Lethbridge/

MacLeod

ES06 07998

Calgary

(File #030644)

Blake & Chris Davis

Cash on hand

$213.03

Estate

Wilbur Morton Lang

JD of Lethbridge/

MacLeod

ES06 07998

Calgary

(File #030644)

Stephen Lunn Family

Cash on hand

$550.80

Estate

Wilbur Morton Lang

JD of Lethbridge/

MacLeod

ES06 07998

Calgary

(File #030644)

Agnes Larocque

Cash on hand

$12,097.32

Estate

Irvin Larocque

JD of Calgary

SES01 71980

Calgary

(File #042825)

Linda McConnell

Cash on hand

$1,446.43

Estate

Herbert Hugh

McConnell

JD of Calgary

SES01 93443

Calgary

(File #038037)

Kevin Terrence McIntosh

Cash on hand

$24,707.49

Estate

Russell McIntosh

JD of Calgary

Calgary

(File #032283)

Nita Annie Saliken

Cash on hand

$13,025.77

Estate

Pollay Saliken

JD of Lethbridge

SES06 09782

Calgary

(File #026881)

Walter Smith

Cash on hand

$275.21

Estate

James Franklin Smith

JD of Calgary

SES01 92982

Calgary

(File #037849)

Norman Harold Stevenson

Cash on hand

$84.81

Estate

Marie Alexina Heloise

Stevenson

JD of Lethbridge

SES06 09855

Calgary

(File #0306l7)

Olga Dutka

Cash on hand

$10,848.21

Estate

Paulina Zolotucha

JD of Calgary

SES01 93006

Calgary

(File #038056)

Safety Codes Council

Amendment of Municipal Accreditation

(Safety Codes Act)

Pursuant to

Section 26 of the Safety Codes Act it is hereby ordered that

- Town of Innisfail, Accreditation No. M000139, Order No. O00000189, July 7,

1995, amended December 1, 2005.

administer the Safety Codes Act within their jurisdiction for Fire.

All parts of the Alberta Fire Code, including investigations, excluding

part 4

requirements for tank storage of flammable and combustible liquids. Excluding any

or all things, processes or activities owned by or under the care and control of

corporations accredited by the Safety codes Council.

Alberta Securities Commission

(Securities Act)

These rules will come into force on December 30, 2005.

Made as a rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on October 12, 2005, pursuant

to sections 223 and 224 of the Securities Act.

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

Part 1 DEFINITIONS AND

INTERPRETATION

1.1

Definitions

1.2 References to Information Included in a Document

1.3 References to Information to be Included in a Document

1.4

Interpretation of "short form prospectus"

1.5

Interpretation of "payments to be made"

Part 2 QUALIFICATION TO FILE A PROSPECTUS IN THE FORM OF A

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

2.1 Short Form Prospectus

2.2 Basic Qualification Criteria

2.3 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Approved Rating Non-

Convertible Securities

2.4 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Guaranteed Non-Convertible

Debt Securities, Preferred Shares and Cash Settled Derivatives

2.5 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Guaranteed Convertible

Debt Securities or Preferred Shares

2.6 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Asset-Backed Securities

2.7 Exemptions for New Reporting Issuers and Successor Issuers

2.8 Notice of Intention and Transition

Part 3 DEEMED INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

3.1 Deemed Incorporation by Reference of Filed Documents

3.2 Deemed Incorporation by Reference of Subsequently Filed Documents

3.3 Incorporation by Reference

Part 4 FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR A SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

4.1 Required Documents for Filing a Preliminary Short Form Prospectus

4.2 Required Documents for Filing a Short Form Prospectus

4.3 Review of Unaudited Financial Statements

4.4 Consents of Experts

4.5 Language of Documents

Part 5 AMENDMENTS TO A SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

5.1 Form of Amendment

5.2 Required Documents for Filing an Amendment

5.3 Auditor's Comfort Letter

5.4 Forwarding Amendments

5.5 Amendment to Preliminary Short Form Prospectus

5.6 Amendment to Short Form Prospectus

Part 6 NON-FIXED PRICE OFFERINGS AND REDUCTION OF OFFERING

PRICE UNDER SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

6.1 Non-Fixed Price Offerings and Reduction of Offering Price under Short

Form Prospectus

Part 7 SOLICITATIONS OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

7.1 Solicitations of Expressions of Interest

Part 8 EXEMPTION

8.1 Exemption

8.2 Evidence of Exemption

Part 9 TRANSITION, REPEAL AND EFFECTIVE DATE

9.1 Applicable Rules

9.2 Repeal

9.3 Effective Date

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

PART 1 DEFINITIONS AND

INTERPRETATION

1.1

Definitions - In this Instrument

"AIF" has the same meaning as in NI 51-102 for a reporting issuer other

than an investment fund, and for an investment fund means an annual

information form as such term is used in NI 81-106;

"alternative credit support" means support, other than a guarantee, for the

payments to be made by an issuer of securities, as stipulated in the terms of

the securities or in an agreement governing rights of, or granting rights to,

holders of the securities, that

(

a) obliges the person or company providing the support to provide the

issuer with funds sufficient to enable the issuer to make the stipulated

payments, or

(

b) entitles the holder of the securities to receive, from the person or

company providing the support, payment if the issuer fails to make a

stipulated payment;

"applicable CD rule" means, for a reporting issuer other than an investment

fund, NI 51-102 and, for an investment fund, NI 81-106;

"approved rating" has the same meaning as in NI 51-102;

"approved rating organization" has the same meaning as in NI 51-102;

"asset-backed security" has the same meaning as in NI 51-102;

"business acquisition report" has the same meaning as in NI 51-102;

"cash equivalent" means an evidence of indebtedness that has a remaining

term to maturity of 365 days or less and that is issued, or fully and

unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest, by

Canada,

(

b) the government of the United States of America, the government of one

of the states of the United States of America, the government of another

sovereign state or a permitted supranational agency, if, in each case, the

evidence of indebtedness has an approved rating, or

(

c) a Canadian financial institution, or other entity that is regulated as a

banking institution, loan corporation, trust company, or insurance

company or credit union by the government, or an agency of the

government, of the country under whose laws the entity is incorporated

or organized or a political subdivision of that country, if, in either case,

the Canadian financial institution or other entity has outstanding short

term debt securities that have received an approved rating from any

approved rating organization;

"cash settled derivative" means a derivative, the terms of which provide for

settlement only by means of cash or cash equivalent the amount of which is

determinable by reference to the underlying interest of the derivative;

"convertible" means, if used to describe securities, that the rights and

attributes attached to the securities include the right or option to purchase,

convert into or exchange for or otherwise acquire equity securities of an

issuer, or any other security that itself includes the right or option to

purchase, convert into or exchange for or otherwise acquire equity securities

of an issuer;

"credit supporter" means a person or company who provides a guarantee or

alternative credit support for any of the payments to be made by an issuer of

securities as stipulated in the terms of the securities or in an agreement

governing rights of, or granting rights to, holders of the securities;

"current AIF" means,

(

a) if the issuer has filed an AIF for its most recently completed financial

year, that AIF, or

(

b) the issuer's AIF filed for the financial year immediately preceding its

most recently completed financial year if

(

i) the issuer has not filed an AIF for its most recently completed

financial year, and

(ii) the issuer is not yet required under the applicable CD rule to have

filed its annual financial statements for its most recently completed

financial year,

"current annual financial statements" means,

(

a) if the issuer has filed its comparative annual financial statements in

accordance with the applicable CD rule for its most recently completed

financial year, those financial statements together with the auditor's

report accompanying the financial statements and, if there has been a

change of auditors since the comparative period, an auditor's report on

the financial statements for the comparative period, or

(

b) the issuer's comparative annual financial statements filed for the

financial year immediately preceding its most recently completed

financial year, together with the auditor's report accompanying the

financial statements and, if there has been a change of auditors since the

comparative period, an auditor's report on the financial statements for

the comparative period if

(

i) the issuer has not filed its comparative annual financial statements

for its most recently completed financial year, and

(ii) the issuer is not yet required under the applicable CD rule to have

filed its annual financial statements for its most recently completed

financial year;

"derivative" means an instrument, agreement or security, the market price,

value or payment obligation of which is derived from, referenced to, or

based on an underlying interest;

"designated foreign jurisdiction" has the same meaning as in NI 52-107;

"equity securities" means securities of an issuer that carry a residual right to

participate in the earnings of the issuer and, upon the liquidation or winding

up of the issuer, in its assets;

"executive officer" has the same meaning as in NI 51-102;

"foreign disclosure requirements" has the same meaning as in NI 52-107;

"Form 44-101F1" means Form 44-101F1 Short Form Prospectus of this

Instrument;

"Form 51-102F2" means Form 51-102F2 Annual Information Form of NI

51-102;

"Form 51-102F3" means Form 51-102F3 Material Change Report of NI 51-

102;

"Form 51-102F4" means Form 51-102F4 Business Acquisition Report of NI

51-102;

"Form 51-102F5" means Form 51-102F5 Information Circular of NI 51-

102;

"full and unconditional credit support" means

(

a) alternative credit support that

(

i) entitles the holder of the securities to receive payment from the

credit supporter, or enables the holder to receive payment from the

issuer within 15 days of any failure by the issuer to make a

payment as stipulated, and

(ii) results in the securities receiving the same credit rating as, or a

higher credit rating than, the credit rating they would have received

if payment had been fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the

credit supporter, or would result in the securities receiving such a

rating if they were rated, or

(

b) a guarantee of the payments to be made by the issuer of securities as

stipulated in the terms of the securities or in an agreement governing

rights of, or granting rights to, holders of the securities such that the

holder of the securities is entitled to receive payment from the

guarantor within 15 days of any failure by the issuer to make a payment

as stipulated;

"information circular" has the same meaning as in NI 51-102;

"interim period" has the same meaning as in the applicable CD rule;

"investment fund" has the same meaning as in NI 81-106;

"material change report" means, for a reporting issuer other than an

investment fund, a completed Form 51-102F3, and for an investment fund, a

completed Form 51-102F3 adjusted as directed by NI 81-106;

"MD&A" has the same meaning as in NI 51-102 in relation to a reporting

issuer other than an investment fund, and in relation to an investment fund

means an annual or interim management report of fund performance as

defined in NI 81-106;

"mineral project" has the same meaning as in NI 43-101;

"NI 13-101" means National Instrument 13-101 System for Electronic

Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR);

"NI 43-101" means National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for

Mineral Projects;

"NI 44-102" means National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions;

"NI 51-102" means National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure

Obligations;

"NI 52-107" means National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting

Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting Currency;

"NI 81-106" means National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund

Continuous Disclosure;

"non-convertible" means, if used to describe a security, a security that is not

convertible;

"permitted supranational agency" means the International Bank for

Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the

Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the

Caribbean Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and

Development, the African Development Bank and any person or company

prescribed under paragraph (

g) of the definition of "foreign property" in

subsection 206(1) of the ITA;

"reorganization" means

(

a) a statutory amalgamation,

(

b) a statutory merger, or

(

c) a statutory arrangement;

"restricted security" has the same meaning as in NI 51-102;

"short form eligible exchange" means each of the Toronto Stock Exchange,

Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the TSX Venture Exchange and the Canadian Trading

and Quotation System Inc.;

"special warrant" means a security that, by its terms or the terms of an

accompanying contractual obligation, entitles or requires the holder to

acquire another security without payment of material additional

consideration and obliges the issuer of either security to undertake efforts to

file a prospectus to qualify the distribution of the other security;

"successor issuer" means an issuer existing as a result of a reorganization,

other than, in the case where the reorganization involved a divestiture of a

portion of an issuer's business, an issuer that succeeded to or otherwise

acquired the portion of the business divested;

"underlying interest" means, for a derivative, the security, commodity,

financial instrument, currency, interest rate, foreign exchange rate, economic

indicator, index, basket, agreement, benchmark or any other reference,

interest or variable, and, if applicable, the relationship between any of the

foregoing, from, to or on which the market price, value or any payment

obligation of the derivative is derived, referenced or based; and

"U.S. credit supporter" means a credit supporter that

(

a) is incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of

America or any state or territory of the United States of America or the

District of Columbia,

(

b) either

(

i) has a class of securities registered under

section 12(

b) or

section

12(

g) of the 1934 Act, or

(ii) is required to file reports under

section 15(

d) of the 1934 Act,

(

c) has filed with the SEC all 1934 Act filings for a period of 12 calendar

months immediately before the filing of the preliminary short form

prospectus,

(

d) is not registered or required to be registered as an investment company

under the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the United States of

America, and

(

e) is not a commodity pool issuer;

"U.S. GAAS" has the same meaning as in NI 52-107.

1.2 References to Information Included in a Document - References in this

Instrument to information included in a document refer to both information

contained directly in the document and information incorporated by

reference in the document.

1.3 References to Information to be Included in a Document - Provisions of

this Instrument that require an issuer to include information in a document

require an issuer either to insert the information directly in the document or

to incorporate the information in the document by reference.

1.4

Interpretation of "short form prospectus" - In this Instrument, other than

in Parts 4 through 8 or unless otherwise stated, a reference to a short form

prospectus includes a preliminary short form prospectus.

1.5

Interpretation of "payments to be made" - For the purposes of the

definition of "full and unconditional credit support", payments to be made

by an issuer of securities as stipulated in the terms of the securities include

any amounts to be paid as dividends in accordance with, and on the dividend

payment dates stipulated in, the provisions of the securities, whether or not

the dividends have been declared.

PART 2 QUALIFICATION TO FILE A PROSPECTUS IN THE FORM OF A

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

2.1 Short Form Prospectus

(1) An issuer shall not file a prospectus in the form of Form 44-101F1

unless the issuer is qualified under any of sections 2.2 through 2.6 to

file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus.

(2) An issuer that is qualified under any of sections 2.2 through 2.6 to file a

prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution may

file, for that distribution,

(

a) a preliminary prospectus, prepared and certified in the form of

Form 44-101F1; and

(

b) a prospectus, prepared and certified in the form of Form 44-101F1.

2.2 Basic Qualification Criteria - An issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in

the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution of any of its securities

in the local jurisdiction, if the following criteria are satisfied:

(

a) the issuer is an electronic filer under NI 13-101;

(

b) the issuer is a reporting issuer in at least one jurisdiction of

Canada;

(

c) the issuer has filed with the securities regulatory authority in each

jurisdiction in which it is a reporting issuer all periodic and timely

disclosure documents that it is required to have filed in that

jurisdiction

(

i) under applicable securities legislation,

(ii) pursuant to an order issued by the securities regulatory

authority, or

(iii) pursuant to an undertaking to the securities regulatory

authority;

(

d) the issuer has, in at least one jurisdiction in which it is a reporting

issuer,

(

i) current annual financial statements, and

(ii) a current AIF;

(

e) the issuer's equity securities are listed and posted for trading on a

short form eligible exchange and the issuer is not an issuer

(

i) whose operations have ceased, or

(ii) whose principal asset is cash, cash equivalents, or its

exchange listing.

2.3 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Approved Rating Non-

Convertible Securities

(1) An issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form

prospectus for a distribution of non-convertible securities in the local

jurisdiction, if the following criteria are satisfied:

(

a) the issuer is an electronic filer under NI 13-101;

(

b) the issuer is a reporting issuer in at least one jurisdiction of

Canada;

(

c) the issuer has filed with the securities regulatory authority in each

jurisdiction in which it is a reporting issuer all periodic and timely

disclosure documents that it is required to have filed in that

jurisdiction

(

i) under applicable securities legislation,

(ii) pursuant to an order issued by the securities regulatory

authority, or

(iii) pursuant to an undertaking to the securities regulatory

authority;

(

d) the issuer has, in at least one jurisdiction in which it is a reporting

issuer,

(

i) current annual financial statements, and

(ii) a current AIF;

(

e) the securities to be distributed

(

i) have received an approved rating on a provisional basis,

(ii) are not the subject of an announcement by an approved rating

organization, of which the issuer is or ought reasonably to be

aware, that the approved rating given by the organization may

be down-graded to a rating category that would not be an

approved rating, and

(iii) have not received a provisional or final rating lower than an

approved rating from any approved rating organization.

(2) Paragraph (1)(

e) does not apply to an issuer filing a short form

prospectus that is a base shelf prospectus under NI 44-102.

2.4 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Guaranteed Non-

Convertible Debt Securities, Preferred Shares and Cash Settled

Derivatives

(1) An issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form

prospectus for a distribution of non-convertible debt securities, non-

convertible preferred shares or non-convertible cash settled derivatives

in the local jurisdiction, if the following criteria are satisfied:

(

a) a credit supporter has provided full and unconditional credit

support for the securities being distributed,

(

b) at least one of the following is true:

(

i) the credit supporter satisfies the criteria in paragraphs 2.2(a),

(b), (

c) and (

d) if the word "issuer" is replaced with "credit

supporter" wherever it occurs;

(ii) the credit supporter is a U.S. credit supporter and the issuer is

incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or a

jurisdiction of Canada;

(

c) unless the credit supporter satisfies the criteria in paragraph 2.2(

e) if the word "issuer" is replaced with "credit supporter" wherever it

occurs, at the time the preliminary short form prospectus is filed

(

i) the credit supporter has outstanding non-convertible securities

that

(

A) have received an approved rating,

(

B) have not been the subject of an announcement by an

approved rating organization, of which the issuer is or

ought reasonably to be aware, that the approved rating

given by the organization may be down-graded to a rating

category that would not be an approved rating, and

(

C) have not received a rating lower than an approved rating

from any approved rating organization, and

(ii) the securities to be issued by the issuer

(

A) have received an approved rating on a provisional basis,

(

B) have not been the subject of an announcement by an

approved rating organization, of which the issuer is or

ought reasonably to be aware, that the approved rating

given by the organization may be down-graded to a rating

category that would not be an approved rating, and

(

C) have not received a provisional or final rating lower than

an approved rating from any approved rating

organization.

(2) Subparagraph (1)(c)(ii) does not apply to an issuer filing a short form

prospectus that is a base shelf prospectus under NI 44-102.

2.5 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Guaranteed

Convertible Debt Securities or Preferred Shares - An issuer is qualified

to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution

of convertible debt securities or convertible preferred shares in the local

jurisdiction, if the following criteria are satisfied:

(

a) the debt securities or the preferred shares are convertible into

securities of a credit supporter that has provided full and

unconditional credit support for the securities being distributed;

(

b) the credit supporter satisfies the criteria in

section 2.2 if the word

"issuer" is replaced with "credit supporter" wherever it occurs.

2.6 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Asset-Backed Securities

(1) An issuer established in connection with a distribution of asset-backed

securities is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form

prospectus for a distribution of asset-backed securities in the local

jurisdiction, if the following criteria are satisfied:

(

a) the issuer is an electronic filer under NI 13-101;

(

b) the issuer has, in at least one jurisdiction of Canada,

(

i) current annual financial statements, and

(ii) a current AIF;

(

c) the asset-backed securities to be distributed

(

i) have received an approved rating on a provisional basis,

(ii) have not been the subject of an announcement by an approved

rating organization, of which the issuer is or ought reasonably

to be aware, that the approved rating given by the organization

may be down-graded to a rating category that would not be an

approved rating, and

(iii) have not received a provisional or final rating lower than an

approved rating from any approved rating organization.

(2) Paragraph (1)(

c) does not apply to an issuer filing a short form

prospectus that is a base shelf prospectus under NI 44-102.

2.7 Exemptions for New Reporting Issuers and Successor Issuers

(1) Paragraph 2.2(d), paragraph 2.3(1)(

d) and paragraph 2.6(1)(

b) do not

apply to an issuer if

(

a) the issuer is not exempt from the requirement in the applicable CD

rule to file annual financial statements within a prescribed period

after its financial year end, but the issuer has not yet been required

under the applicable CD rule to file annual financial statements,

and

(

b) unless the issuer is seeking qualification under

section 2.6, the

issuer has filed and obtained a receipt for a final prospectus that

included the issuer's comparative annual financial statements for

its most recently completed financial year or the financial year

immediately preceding its most recently completed financial year,

together with the auditor's report accompanying those financial

statements and, if there has been a change of auditors since the

comparative period, an auditor's report on the financial statements

for the comparative period.

(2) Paragraph 2.2(d), paragraph 2.3(1)(

d) and paragraph 2.6(1)(

b) do not

apply to an issuer if

(

a) the successor issuer is not exempt from the requirement in the

applicable CD rule to file annual financial statements within a

prescribed period after its financial year end, but the issuer has not

yet, since the completion of the reorganization which resulted in

the successor issuer, been required under the applicable CD rule to

file annual financial statements, and

(

b) an information circular relating to the reorganization that resulted

in the successor issuer was filed by the successor issuer or an

issuer that was a party to the reorganization, and such information

circular

(

i) complied with applicable securities legislation, and

(ii) included disclosure in accordance with Item 14.2 or 14.5 of

Form 51-102F5 for the successor issuer.

2.8 Notice of Intention and Transition

(1) An issuer is not qualified to file a short form prospectus under this Part

unless it has filed a notice declaring its intention to be qualified to file a

short form prospectus at least 10 business days prior to the issuer filing

its first preliminary short form prospectus after the notice

(

a) with its notice regulator, and

(

b) in substantially the form of Appendix A.

(2) The notice under subsection (1) is effective until withdrawn.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), "notice regulator" means, as

determined on the date the notice is filed, the securities regulatory

authority or regulator of the jurisdiction of Canada

(

a) in which the issuer's head office is located, if the issuer is not an

investment fund and the issuer is a reporting issuer in that

jurisdiction,

(

b) in which the investment fund manager's head office is located, if

the issuer is an investment fund and the issuer is a reporting issuer

in that jurisdiction, or

(

c) with which the issuer has determined that it has the most

significant connection, if paragraphs (

a) and (

b) do not apply to the

issuer.

(4) For the purposes of this section, if, on December 29, 2005, an issuer

had a current AIF under National Instrument 44-101 Short Form

Prospectus Distributions that was in force on December 29, 2005, the

issuer is deemed to have filed a notice on December 14, 2005 declaring

its intention to be qualified to file a short form prospectus.

(5) For the purposes of this Part, if, on December 29, 2005, an issuer or a

credit supporter had an annual information form in Form 44-101F1

AIF, prior to its repeal on May 18, 2005, that was a current AIF under

National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions that

was in force on December 29, 2005, the issuer or credit supporter is

deemed to have a current AIF under this Part until the date it is first

required under the applicable CD rule to file its annual financial

statements.

PART 3 DEEMED INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

3.1 Deemed Incorporation by Reference of Filed Documents - If an issuer

does not incorporate by reference in its short form prospectus a document

required to be incorporated by reference under

section 11.1 or 12.1 of Form

44-101F1, the document is deemed for purposes of securities legislation to

be incorporated by reference in the issuer's short form prospectus as of the

date of the short form prospectus to the extent not otherwise modified or

superseded by a statement contained in the short form prospectus or in any

other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be,

incorporated by reference in the short form prospectus.

3.2 Deemed Incorporation by Reference of Subsequently Filed Documents -

If an issuer does not incorporate by reference in its short form prospectus a

subsequently filed document required to be incorporated by reference under

section 11.2 or 12.1 of Form 44-101F1, the document is deemed for

purposes of securities legislation to be incorporated by reference in the

issuer's short form prospectus as of the date the issuer filed the document to

the extent not otherwise modified or superseded by a statement contained in

the short form prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document that

also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference in the short form

prospectus.

3.3 Incorporation by Reference - A document deemed by this Instrument to be

incorporated by reference in another document is deemed for purposes of

securities legislation to be incorporated by reference in the other document.

PART 4 FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR A SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

4.1 Required Documents for Filing a Preliminary Short Form Prospectus -

An issuer that files a preliminary short form prospectus shall

(

a) file the following with the preliminary short form prospectus:

(

i) Signed Copy - a signed copy of the preliminary short form

prospectus;

(ii) Qualification Certificate - a certificate, dated as of the date

of the preliminary short form prospectus, executed on behalf

of the issuer by one of its executive officers

(

A) specifying which of the qualification criteria set out in

Part 2 the issuer is relying on in order to be qualified to

file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus,

and

(

B) certifying that

(

I) all of those qualification criteria have been satisfied,

and

(II) all of the material incorporated by reference in the

preliminary short form prospectus and not

previously filed is being filed with the preliminary

short form prospectus;

(iii) Material Incorporated by Reference - copies of all material

incorporated by reference in the preliminary short form

prospectus and not previously filed;

(iv) Material Documents - copies of all documents referred to in

subsection 12.1(1) or 12.2(1) of NI 51-102 or

section 16.4 of

NI 81-106, as applicable, that relate to the securities being

distributed, and that have not previously been filed;

(

v) Mining Reports - if the issuer has a mineral project, the

technical reports required to be filed with a preliminary short

form prospectus under NI 43-101;

(vi) Reports and Valuations - a copy of each report or valuation

referred to in the preliminary short form prospectus for which

a consent is required to be filed under

section 4.4 and that has

not previously been filed, other than a technical report that

(

A) deals with a mineral project or oil and gas activities, and

(

B) is not otherwise required to be filed under paragraph (v);

and

(

b) deliver to the regulator, concurrently with the filing of the

preliminary short form prospectus, the following:

(

i) Authorization to Collect, Use and Disclose Personal

Information - an authorization in the form set out in

Appendix B to the indirect collection, use and disclosure of

personal information including, for each director and

executive officer of an issuer, each promoter of the issuer or,

if the promoter is not an individual, each director and

executive officer of the promoter, for whom the issuer has not

previously delivered the information;

(ii) Auditor's Comfort Letter regarding Audited Financial

Statements - a signed letter to the regulator from the auditor

of the issuer or of the business, as applicable, prepared in

accordance with the form suggested for this circumstance by

the Handbook, if a financial statement of an issuer or a

business included in a preliminary short form prospectus is

accompanied by an unsigned audit report.

4.2 Required Documents for Filing a Short Form Prospectus - An issuer that

files a short form prospectus shall

(

a) file the following with the short form prospectus:

(

i) Signed Copy - a signed copy of the short form prospectus;

(ii) Material Incorporated by Reference - copies of all material

incorporated by reference in the short form prospectus and not

previously filed;

(iii) Material Documents - copies of all documents referred to in

subsection 12.1(1) or 12.2(1) of NI 51-102 or

section 16.4 of

NI 81-106, as applicable, that relate to the securities being

distributed, and that have not previously been filed;

(iv) Other Reports and Valuations - a copy of each report or

valuation referred to in the short form prospectus, for which a

consent is required to be filed under

section 4.4 and that has

not previously been filed, other than a technical report that

(

A) deals with a mineral project or oil and gas activities of the

issuer, and

(

B) is not otherwise required to be filed under subparagraph

4.1(a)(v);

(

v) Issuer's Submission to Jurisdiction - a submission to

jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process of

the issuer in the form set out in Appendix C, if an issuer is

incorporated or organized in a foreign jurisdiction and does

not have an office in Canada;

(vi) Non-Issuer's Submission to Jurisdiction - a submission to

jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process of

the selling security holder, promoter or credit supporter, as

applicable, in the form set out in Appendix D, if a selling

security holder, promoter or credit supporter of an issuer is

incorporated or organized under a foreign jurisdiction and

does not have an office in Canada or is an individual who

resides outside of Canada;

(vii) Expert's Consents - the consents required to be filed under

section 4.4;

(viii) Credit Supporter's Consent - the written consent of the

credit supporter to the inclusion of its financial statements in

the short form prospectus, if financial statements of a credit

supporter are required under

section 12.1 of Form 44-101F1

to be included in a short form prospectus and a certificate of

the credit supporter is not required under

section 21.3 of Form

44-101F1 to be included in the short form prospectus; and

(

b) deliver the following to the regulators, no later than the filing of

the short form prospectus:

(

i) Blacklined Prospectus - a copy of the short form prospectus,

blacklined to show changes from the preliminary short form

prospectus;

(ii) Undertaking in Respect of Credit Supporter Disclosure - if

disclosure about a credit supporter is required to be included

in the short form prospectus under

section 12.1 of Form 44-

101F1, an undertaking of the issuer, in a form acceptable to

the regulators, to file the periodic and timely disclosure of the

credit supporter similar to the disclosure required under

section 12.1 of Form 44-101F1, for so long as the securities

being distributed are issued and outstanding.

4.3 Review of Unaudited Financial Statements

(1) Any unaudited financial statements of an issuer or an acquired business

included in or incorporated by reference into a short form prospectus

must have been reviewed in accordance with the relevant standards set

out in the Handbook for a review of financial statements by an entity's

auditor or a public accountant's review of financial statements.

(2) Despite subsection (1),

(

a) if the financial statements of the issuer or acquired business have

been audited in accordance with U.S. GAAS, the unaudited

financial statements may be reviewed in accordance with U.S.

review standards,

(

b) if the financial statements of the issuer or acquired business have

been audited in accordance with International Standards on

Auditing, the unaudited financial statements may be reviewed in

accordance with international review standards, or

(

c) if the financial statements of the issuer or acquired business have

been audited in accordance with auditing standards that meet the

foreign disclosure requirements of the designated foreign

jurisdiction to which the issuer is subject, the unaudited financial

statements may be reviewed in accordance with review standards

that meet the foreign disclosure requirements of the designated

foreign jurisdiction to which the issuer is subject.

4.4 Consents of Experts

(1) If any solicitor, auditor, accountant, engineer or appraiser, or any other

person or company whose profession or business gives authority to a

statement made by that person or company, is named in a short form

prospectus or an amendment to a short form prospectus, either directly

or in a document incorporated by reference,

(

a) as having prepared or certified any part of the short form

prospectus or the amendment,

(

b) as having opined on financial statements from which selected

information included in the short form prospectus has been derived

and which audit opinion is referred to in the short form prospectus

either directly or in a document incorporated by reference, or

(

c) as having prepared or certified a report or valuation referred to in

the short form prospectus or the amendment, either directly or in a

document incorporated by reference;

the issuer shall file no later than the time the short form prospectus or

the amendment is filed, the written consent of the person or company to

being named and to the use of that report, valuation, statement or

opinion.

(2) The consent referred to in subsection (1) shall

(

a) refer to the report, valuation, statement or opinion stating the date

of the report, valuation, statement or opinion, and

(

b) contain a statement that the person or company referred to in

subsection (1)

(

i) has read the short form prospectus, and

(ii) has no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations

in the information contained in it that are

(

A) derived from the report, valuation, statement or opinion,

(

B) within the knowledge of the person or company as a

result of the services performed by the person or

company in connection with the report, financial

statements, valuation, statement or opinion.

(3) In addition to any other requirement of this section, the consent of an

auditor or accountant shall also state

(

a) the dates of the financial statements on which the report of the

person or company is made, and

(

b) that the person or company has no reason to believe that there are

any misrepresentations in the information contained in the short

form prospectus that are

(

i) derived from the financial statements on which the person or

company has reported, or

(ii) within the knowledge of the person or company as a result of

the audit of the financial statements.

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to an approved rating organization that

issues a rating to the securities being distributed under the preliminary

short form prospectus or short form prospectus.

4.5 Language of Documents

(1) A person or company must file a document required to be filed under

(2) Despite subsection (1), if a person or company files a document only in

investor or prospective investor a version of the document in the other

language, the person or company must file that other version not later

than when it is first delivered to the investor or prospective investor.

(3) In Qu‚bec, the preliminary short form prospectus, the short form

prospectus, the permanent information record and any document

incorporated by reference must be in the French language or in the

PART 5 AMENDMENTS TO A SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

5.1 Form of Amendment

(1) An amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus or a short form

prospectus shall consist of either an amendment that does not fully

restate the text of the preliminary short form prospectus or short form

prospectus or an amended and restated preliminary short form

prospectus or short form prospectus.

(2) An amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus or a short form

prospectus shall contain the certificates required by securities

legislation and, in the case of an amendment that does not fully restate

the text of the preliminary short form prospectus or short form

prospectus, shall be numbered and dated as follows:

"Amendment No. [insert amendment number] dated [insert date of

amendment] to [Preliminary] Short Form Prospectus dated [insert

date of preliminary short form prospectus or short form

prospectus]."

5.2 Required Documents for Filing an Amendment - An issuer that files an

amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus

shall

(

a) file a signed copy of the amendment,

(

b) deliver to the regulator a copy of the preliminary short form prospectus

or short form prospectus blacklined to show the changes made by the

amendment, if the amendment is also a restatement of the preliminary

short form prospectus or short form prospectus,

(

c) file or deliver any supporting documents required under this Instrument

or other provisions of securities legislation to be filed or delivered with

a preliminary short form prospectus or a short form prospectus, as the

case may be, unless the documents originally filed or delivered with the

preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus as the case

may be, are correct as of the date the amendment is filed, and

(

d) in case of an amendment to a short form prospectus, file any consent

letter required under this Instrument to be filed with a short form

prospectus, dated as of the date of the amendment.

5.3 Auditor's Comfort Letter - If an amendment to a preliminary short form

prospectus materially affects, or relates to, an auditor's comfort letter

delivered under

section 4.1, the issuer shall deliver with the amendment a

new auditor's comfort letter.

5.4 Forwarding Amendments - An amendment to a preliminary short form

prospectus shall be forwarded to each recipient of the preliminary short form

prospectus according to the record of recipients to be maintained under

securities legislation.

5.5 Amendment to Preliminary Short Form Prospectus

(1) The regulator shall issue a receipt for an amendment to a preliminary

short form prospectus as soon as reasonably possible after the

amendment is filed.

(2) Despite subsection (1), in British Columbia, the regulator shall issue a

receipt for an amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus in

accordance with the Securities Act (British Columbia).

5.6 Amendment to Short Form Prospectus

(1) If, after a receipt is issued for a short form prospectus but prior to the

completion of the distribution under such short form prospectus,

securities in addition to the securities previously disclosed in the

prospectus are to be distributed, the person or company making the

distribution must file an amendment to the short form prospectus

disclosing the additional securities, as soon as practical, and in any

event no later than 10 days after the decision to increase the number of

securities offered is made.

(2) The regulator shall issue a receipt for an amendment to a short form

prospectus required to be filed under this

section or under securities

legislation unless the regulator considers that it is not in the public

interest to do so, or unless otherwise required by securities legislation.

(3) The regulator shall not refuse to issue a receipt under subsection

(2) without giving the person or company who filed the short form

prospectus an opportunity to be heard.

(4) A distribution or an additional distribution must not proceed until a

receipt for an amendment to a short form prospectus that is required to

be filed is issued by the regulator.

PART 6 NON-FIXED PRICE OFFERINGS AND REDUCTION OF

OFFERING PRICE UNDER SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

6.1 Non-Fixed Price Offerings and Reduction of Offering Price under Short

Form Prospectus

(1) Every security distributed under a short form prospectus shall be

distributed at a fixed price.

(2) Despite subsection (1), securities for which the issuer is qualified under

Part 2 to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus may be

distributed for cash at non-fixed prices under a short form prospectus if,

at the time of the filing of the preliminary short form prospectus, the

securities have received a rating, on a provisional or final basis, from at

least one approved rating organization.

(3) Despite subsection (1), if securities are distributed for cash under a

short form prospectus, the price of the securities may be decreased from

the initial offering price disclosed in the short form prospectus and,

after such a decrease, changed from time to time to an amount not

greater than the initial offering price, without filing an amendment to

the short form prospectus to reflect the change, if

(

a) the securities are distributed through one or more underwriters that

have agreed to purchase all of the securities at a specified price,

(

b) the proceeds to be received by the issuer or selling security holders

or by the issuer and selling security holders are disclosed in the

short form prospectus as being fixed, and

(

c) the underwriters have made a reasonable effort to sell all of the

securities distributed under the short form prospectus at the initial

offering price disclosed in the short form prospectus.

(4) Despite subsections (2) and (3), the price at which securities may be

acquired on exercise of rights shall be fixed.

PART 7 SOLICITATIONS OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

7.1 Solicitations of Expressions of Interest - The prospectus requirement does

not apply to solicitations of expressions of interest before the filing of a

preliminary short form prospectus for securities to be qualified for

distribution under a short form prospectus in accordance with this

Instrument, if

(

a) the issuer has entered into an enforceable agreement with an

underwriter who has, or underwriters who have, agreed to purchase the

securities,

(

b) the agreement referred to in paragraph (

a) has fixed the terms of the

distribution and requires that the issuer file a preliminary short form

prospectus for the securities and obtain from the regulator a receipt,

dated as of a date that is not more than four business days after the date

that the agreement is entered into, for the preliminary short form

prospectus,

(

c) the issuer has issued and filed a news release announcing the agreement

immediately upon entering into the agreement,

(

d) upon issuance of a receipt for the preliminary short form prospectus, a

copy of the preliminary short form prospectus is sent to each person or

company who has expressed an interest in acquiring the securities, and

(

e) except as provided in paragraph (a), no agreement of purchase and sale

for the securities is entered into until the short form prospectus has been

filed and a receipt obtained.

PART 8 EXEMPTION

8.1 Exemption

(1) The regulator or the securities regulatory authority may grant an

exemption from the provisions of this Instrument, in whole or in part,

subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be imposed in the

exemption.

(2) Despite subsection (1), in Ontario only the regulator may grant such an

exemption.

(3) An application made to the securities regulatory authority or regulator

for an exemption from the provisions of this Instrument shall include a

letter or memorandum describing the matters relating to the exemption,

and indicating why consideration should be given to the granting of the

exemption.

(4) Except in Ontario, an exemption referred to in subsection (1) is granted

under the statute referred to in Appendix B of National Instrument 14-

Definitions opposite the name of the local jurisdiction.

8.2 Evidence of Exemption

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and without limiting the manner in which an

exemption under this Part may be evidenced, the granting under this

Part of an exemption, other than an exemption, in whole or in part,

from

Part 2 or subsection 4.5(3), may be evidenced by the issuance of a

receipt for a short form prospectus or an amendment to a short form

prospectus.

(2) An exemption under this Part may be evidenced in the manner set out

in subsection (1) only if

(

a) the person or company that sought the exemption

(

i) sent to the regulator the letter or memorandum referred to in

subsection 8.1(3) on or before the date of the filing of the

preliminary short form prospectus, or

(ii) sent to the regulator the letter or memorandum referred to in

subsection 8.1(3) after the date of the filing of the preliminary

short form prospectus and received a written

acknowledgement from the regulator that the exemption may

be evidenced in the manner set out in subsection (1); and

(

b) the regulator has not before, or concurrently with, the issuance of

the receipt sent notice to the person or company that sought the

exemption, that the exemption sought may not be evidenced in the

manner set out in subsection (1).

PART 9 TRANSITION, REPEAL AND EFFECTIVE DATE

9.1 Applicable Rules - A short form prospectus may, at the issuer's option be

prepared in accordance with securities legislation in effect at either the date

of issuance of a receipt for the preliminary short form prospectus or the date

of issuance of a receipt for the short form prospectus.

9.2 Repeal - National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions

and Form 44-101F3 Short Form Prospectus, both of which came into force

on December 31, 2000, are repealed on December 30, 2005.

9.3 Effective Date - This Instrument comes into force on December 30, 2005.

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

APPENDIX A

NOTICE DECLARING INTENTION

TO BE QUALIFIED UNDER

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

("NI 44-101")

[date]

To: [the issuer's notice regulator (as defined in subsection 2.8(2) of NI 44-101),

and any other securities regulatory authority or regulator of a jurisdiction of

Canada with whom the issuer may voluntarily file this notice]

[name of issuer] (the "Issuer") intends to be qualified to file a short form prospectus

under NI 44-101. The Issuer acknowledges that it must satisfy all applicable

qualification criteria prior to filing a preliminary short form prospectus. This notice

does not evidence the Issuer's intent to file a short form prospectus, to enter into any

particular financing or transaction or to become a reporting issuer in any jurisdiction.

This notice will remain in effect until withdrawn by the Issuer.

[signature of Issuer]

[name and title of duly authorized signing officer of Issuer]

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

APPENDIX B

AUTHORIZATION OF INDIRECT COLLECTION,

USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The attached

Schedule 1 contains information concerning the full name, position with

or relationship to the issuer named below (the "Issuer"), name and address of

employer, if other than the Issuer, full residential address, date and place of birth and

citizenship (the "Information") of each director, executive officer, and any promoter

of the issuer, and, in the case of a promoter, of each director and executive officer of

the promoter. The Issuer is required by securities legislation to deliver the

Information to the regulators listed in

Schedule 2, unless the Information was

previously delivered.

The Issuer confirms that each person or company listed in

Schedule 1:

(

a) has been notified by the Issuer

(

i) of the Issuer's delivery to the regulator of the Information in

Schedule 1

pertaining to that person or company,

(ii) that the Information is being collected indirectly by the regulator under the

authority granted to it in securities legislation,

(iii) that the Information is being collected and used for the purpose of enabling

the regulator to administer and enforce securities legislation, including those

obligations that require or permit the regulator to refuse to issue a receipt for

a prospectus if it appears to the regulator that the past conduct of

management or promoters of the Issuer affords reasonable grounds for belief

that the business of the Issuer will not be conducted with integrity and in the

best interests of its securityholders, and

(iv) of the contact, business address and business telephone number of the

regulator in the local jurisdiction as set out in the attached

Schedule 2, who

can answer questions about the regulator's indirect collection of the

Information;

(

b) has read and understands and has signed the Notice of Collection, Use and

Disclosure of Personal Information by Regulators attached hereto as

Schedule 3;

and

(

c) has, by signing the Notice, authorized the indirect collection, and use and

disclosure of the Information by the regulator as described in

Schedule 3.

Date: _________________________

______________________________

Name of Issuer

Per: __________________________

______________________________

Name

______________________________

Official Capacity

(Please print the name of the individual whose signature appears in the official

capacity)

Schedule 1 to

Authorization of Indirect

Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

Personal Information

[Name of Issuer]

Part 1

Full Name

(including

name(

s) if

any)

Position

with or

Relationship

to Issuer

Name and

Address of

Employer,

if other

than Issuer

Full

Residential

Address

Date

and

Place

Birth

Citizenship

Part 2

For any of the above noted individuals with a residential address outside of Canada,

please provide the following additional information:

Full

Name

Address(es)

(5-year

history)

Dates

Residing

Foreign

Country

Height

and

Weight

Eye

Colour

Hair

Colour

Passport

Nationality

and

Number

Schedule 2 to

Authorization of Indirect

Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

Local Jurisdiction Regulator

Alberta Information Officer

Alberta Securities Commission

Suite 400

300 - 5th Avenue S.W

Calgary, Alberta T2P 3C4

Telephone: (403) 297-6454

E-mail: inquiries@seccom.ab.ca

www.albertasecurities.com

British Columbia Review Officer

British Columbia Securities Commission

P.O. Box 10142 Pacific Centre

701 West Georgia Street

Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1LZ

Telephone: (604) 899-6854

Toll Free within British Columbia and Alberta:

(800) 373-6393

E-mail: inquiries@bcsc.bc.ca

www.bcsc.bc.ca

Manitoba Director, Corporate Finance

The Manitoba Securities Commission

1130 - 405 Broadway

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3L6

Telephone: (204) 945-2548

E-mail: securities@gov.mb.ca

www.msc.gov.mb.ca

New Brunswick Director Corporate Finance and Chief

Financial Officer

New Brunswick Securities Commission

Suite 606, 133 Prince William Street

Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4Y9

Telephone: (506) 658-3060

Fax: (506) 658-3059

E-mail: information@nbsc-cvmnb.ca

Newfoundland and Labrador Director of Securities

Department of Government Services and Lands

P.O. Box 8700

West Block, 2nd Floor, Confederation Building

St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 4J6

Telephone: (709) 729-4189

www.gov.nf.ca/gsl/cca/s

Northwest Territories Securities Registries

Department of Justice

Government of the Northwest Territories

P.O. Box 1320,

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2L9

www.justice.gov.nt.ca/SecuritiesRegistry/Securi

tiesRegistry.html

Nova Scotia Deputy Director, Compliance and Enforcement

Nova Scotia Securities Commission

P.O. Box 458

Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2P8

Telephone: (902) 424-5354

www.gov.ns.ca/nssc

Nunavut Government of Nunavut

Legal Registries Division

P.O. Box 1000 - Station 570

Iqaluit, Nunavut X0A 0H0

Telephone: (867) 975-6590

Ontario Administrative Assistant to the Director of

Corporate Finance

Ontario Securities Commission

19th Floor, 20 Queen Street West

Toronto, Ontario M5H 2S8

Telephone: (416) 597-0681

E-mail: Inquiries@osc.gov.on.ca

www.osc.gov.on.ca

Prince Edward Island Deputy Registrar, Securities Division

Shaw Building

95 Rochford Street, P.O. Box 2000, 4th Floor

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 7N8

Telephone: (902) 368-4550

www.gov.pe.ca/securities

Qu‚bec Autorit‚ des march‚s financiers

Stock Exchange Tower

P.O. Box 246, 22nd Floor

800 Victoria Square

Montr‚al, Qu‚bec H4Z 1G3

Attention: Responsable de l'accŠs …

l'information

Telephone: (514) 395-0337

Toll Free in Qu‚bec: (877) 525-0337

www.lautorite.qc.ca

Saskatchewan Director

Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission

6th Floor, 1919 Saskatchewan Drive

Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3V7

Telephone: (306) 787-5842

www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca

Yukon Registrar of Securities

Department of Justice

Andrew A. Philipsen Law Centre

2130 - 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor

Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Y1A 5H6

Telephone: (867) 667-5005

Schedule 3 to

Authorization of

Indirect Collection, Use and Disclosure of

Personal Information

Notice of Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information by Regulators

The regulators listed in

Schedule 2 collect the personal information in

Schedule 1 to

the Authorization of Indirect Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

under the authority granted to them under provincial and territorial securities

legislation.

The regulators collect the personal information in

Schedule 1 for the purpose of

enabling the regulators to administer and enforce provincial and territorial securities

legislation, including those provisions that require or permit the regulators to refuse to

issue a receipt for a prospectus if it appears to the regulators that the past conduct of

management or promoters of the Issuer affords reasonable grounds for belief that the

business of the Issuer will not be conducted with integrity and in the best interests of

its securityholders.

You understand that by signing this document, you are consenting to the Issuer

submitting your personal information in

Schedule 1 (the "Information") to the

regulators and to the collection and use by the regulators of the Information, as well

as any other information that may be necessary to administer and enforce provincial

and territorial securities legislation. This may include the collection of information

from law enforcement agencies, other government or non-governmental regulatory

authorities, self-regulatory organizations, exchanges, and quotation and trade

reporting systems to conduct background checks, verify the Information and perform

investigations and conduct enforcement proceedings as required to ensure compliance

with provincial and territorial securities legislation.

You also understand and agree that the Information the regulators collect about you

may also be disclosed, as permitted by law, where its use and disclosure is for the

purposes described above. The regulators may also use a third party to process

Information, but when this happens, the third party will be carefully selected and

obligated to comply with the limited use restrictions described above and with

provincial and federal privacy legislation.

Warning: It is an offence to submit information that, in a material respect and at the

time and in the light of the circumstances in which it is submitted, is misleading or

untrue.

Questions

If you have any questions about the collection, use, and disclosure of the information

you provide to the regulators, you may contact the regulator in the jurisdiction in

which the required information is filed, at the address or telephone number listed in

Schedule 2.

I have read and understand the foregoing and consent to the indirect collection, use

and disclosure of the personal information pertaining to me that is set out in the

Authorization.

Date: _________________________

______________________________

Signature

______________________________

Name

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

APPENDIX C

ISSUER FORM OF SUBMISSION TO

JURISDICTION AND APPOINTMENT OF

AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS

1. Name of issuer (the "Issuer"):

2. Jurisdiction of incorporation, or equivalent, of Issuer:

3. Address of principal place of business of Issuer:

4. Description of securities (the "Securities"):

5. Date of the short form prospectus (the "Short Form Prospectus") under which

the Securities are offered:

6. Name of agent for service of process (the "Agent"):

7. Address for service of process of Agent in Canada (the address may be

anywhere in Canada):

8. The Issuer designates and appoints the Agent at the address of the Agent stated

above as its agent upon whom may be served any notice, pleading, subpoena,

summons or other process in any action, investigation or administrative,

criminal, quasi-criminal, penal or other proceeding (the "Proceeding") arising

out of, relating to or concerning the distribution of the Securities made or

purported to be made under the Short Form Prospectus or the obligations of

the Issuer as a reporting issuer, and irrevocably waives any right to raise as a

defence in any such Proceeding any alleged lack of jurisdiction to bring such

Proceeding.

9. The Issuer irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive

jurisdiction of

(

a) the judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative tribunals of each of the

provinces [and territories] of Canada in which the securities are

distributed under the Short Form Prospectus; and

(

b) any administrative proceeding in any such province [or territory], in any

Proceeding arising out of or related to or concerning the distribution of

the Securities made or purported to be made under the Short Form

Prospectus or the obligations of the issuer as a reporting issuer.

10. Until six years after it has ceased to be a reporting issuer in any Canadian

province or territory, the Issuer shall file a new submission to jurisdiction and

appointment of agent for service of process in this form at least 30 days before

termination of this submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for

service of process.

11. Until six years after it has ceased to be a reporting issuer in any Canadian

province or territory, the Issuer shall file an amended submission to

jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process at least 30 days

before any change in the name or above address of the Agent.

12. This submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process

shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [insert

province or territory of above address of Agent].

Dated:

Signature of Issuer

Print name and title of signing

Officer of Issuer

AGENT

The undersigned accepts the appointment as agent for service of process of [insert

service of process stated above.

Dated:

Signature of Agent

Print name of person signing and, if Agent

is not an individual, the title of the person

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

APPENDIX D

NON-ISSUER FORM OF SUBMISSION TO

JURISDICTION AND APPOINTMENT OF

AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS

1. Name of issuer (the "Issuer"):

2. Jurisdiction of incorporation, or equivalent, of Issuer:

3. Address of principal place of business of Issuer:

4. Description of securities (the "Securities"):

5. Date of the short form prospectus (the "Short Form Prospectus") under which

the Securities are offered:

6. Name of person filing this form (the "Filing Person"):

7. Filing Person's relationship to Issuer:

8. Jurisdiction of incorporation, or equivalent, of Filing Person, if applicable, or

jurisdiction of residence of Filing Person:

9. Address of principal place of business of Filing Person:

10. Name of agent for service of process (the "Agent"):

11. Address for service of process of Agent in Canada (which address may be

anywhere in Canada):

12. The Filing Person designates and appoints the Agent at the address of the

Agent stated above as its agent upon whom may be served any notice,

pleading, subpoena, summons or other process in any action, investigation or

administrative, criminal, quasi-criminal, penal or other proceeding (the

"Proceeding") arising out of, relating to or concerning the distribution of the

Securities made or purported to be made under the Short Form Prospectus, and

irrevocably waives any right to raise as a defence in any such Proceeding any

alleged lack of jurisdiction to bring the Proceeding.

13. The Filing Person irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-

exclusive jurisdiction of

(

a) the judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative tribunals of each of the

provinces [and territories] of Canada in which the securities are

distributed under the Short Form Prospectus; and

(

b) any administrative proceeding in any such province [or territory],

in any Proceeding arising out of or related to or concerning the distribution of

the Securities made or purported to be made under the Short Form Prospectus.

14. Until six years after completion of the distribution of the Securities made

under the Short Form Prospectus, the Filing Person shall file a new submission

to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process in this form at

least 30 days before termination of this submission to jurisdiction and

appointment of agent for service of process.

15. Until six years after completion of the distribution of the Securities under the

Short Form Prospectus, the Filing Person shall file an amended submission to

jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process at least 30 days

before a change in the name or above address of the Agent.

16. This submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process

shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [insert

province or territory of above address of Agent].

Dated:

Signature of Filing Person

Print name of person signing and, if the

Filing Person is not an individual, the title

of the person

AGENT

The undersigned accepts the appointment as agent for service of process of [insert

service of process stated above.

Dated:

Signature of Agent

Print name of person signing and, if Agent

is not an individual, the title of the person

______________

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

FORM 44-101F1

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

Item 1 Cover Page Disclosure

1.1 Required Language

1.2 Preliminary Short Form Prospectus Disclosure

1.3 Disclosure Concerning Documents Incorporated by Reference

1.4 Basic Disclosure about the Distribution

1.5 Name and Address of Issuer

1.6 Distribution

1.7 Non-Fixed Price Distributions

1.8 Reduced Price Distributions

1.9 Market for Securities

1.10 Underwriter(s)

1.11 International Issuers

1.12 Restricted Securities

1.13 Earnings Coverage Ratios

Item 2

Summary Description of Business

2.1

Summary Description of Business

Item 3 Consolidated Capitalization

3.1 Consolidated Capitalization

Item 4 Use of Proceeds

4.1 Proceeds

4.2 Principal Purposes

Item 5 Plan of Distribution

5.1 Disclosure of Market Out

5.2 Best Efforts Offering

5.3 Determination of Price

5.4 Over-Allotments

5.5 Minimum Distribution

5.6 Reduced Price Distributions

5.7 Listing Application

5.8 Conditional Listing Approval

5.9 Constraints

Item 6 Earnings Coverage Ratios

6.1 Earnings Coverage Ratios

Item 7 Description of Securities Being Distributed

7.1 Equity Securities

7.2 Debt Securities

7.3 Asset-backed Securities

7.4 Derivatives

7.5 Other Securities

7.6 Special Warrants, etc.

7.7 Restricted Securities

7.8 Modification of Terms

7.9 Ratings

7.10 Other Attributes

Item 8 Selling Security Holder

8.1 Selling Security Holder

Item 9 Mineral Property

9.1 Mineral Property

Item 10 Significant Acquisitions

10.1 Significant Acquisitions

Item 11 Documents Incorporated by Reference

11.1 Mandatory Incorporation by Reference

11.2 Mandatory Incorporation by Reference of Future Documents

11.3 Issuers without a Current AIF or Current Annual Financial Statements

11.4 Significant Acquisition for Which No Business Acquisition Report is

Filed

Item 12 Additional Disclosure for Issues of Guaranteed Securities

12.1 Credit Supporter Disclosure

Item 13 Exemptions for Certain Issues of Guaranteed Securities

13.1 The Issuer is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Credit Supporter

13.2 The Issuer and One or More Subsidiary Credit Supporters are Wholly

Owned Subsidiaries of the Parent Credit Supporter

13.3 One or More Credit Supporters are Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the

Issuer

Item 14 Relationship between Issuer or Selling Securityholder and Underwriter

14.1 Relationship between Issuer or Selling Securityholder and Underwriter

Item 15 Interest of Experts

15.1 Names of Experts

15.2 Interest of Experts

15.3 Exemption

Item 16 Promoters

16.1 Promoters

Item 17 Risk Factors

17.1 Risk Factors

Item 18 Other Material Facts

18.1 Other Material Facts

Item 19 Exemptions from the Instrument or this Form

19.1 Exemptions from the Instrument or this Form

Item 20 Statutory Rights of Withdrawal and Rescission

20.1 General

20.2 Non-fixed Price Offerings

Item 21 Certificates

21.1 Officers, Directors and Promoters

21.2 Underwriters

21.3 Related Credit Supporters

21.4 Amendments

21.5 Date of Certificates

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

FORM 44-101F1

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

INSTRUCTIONS

(1) The objective of the short form prospectus is to provide

information concerning the issuer that an investor needs in order

to make an informed investment decision. This Form sets out

specific disclosure requirements that are in addition to the general

requirement under securities legislation to provide full, true and

plain disclosure of all material facts relating to, and, in Qu‚bec,

not to make any misrepresentation likely to affect the value or

market price of, the securities to be distributed. Certain rules of

specific application impose prospectus disclosure obligations in

addition to those described in this Form.

(2) Terms used and not defined in this Form that are defined or

interpreted in the Instrument shall bear that definition or

interpretation. Other

definitions are set out in National Instrument

14-101

Definitions.

(3) In determining the degree of detail required, a standard of

materiality should be applied. Materiality is a matter of judgement

in the particular circumstance, and should generally be

determined in relation to an item's significance to investors,

analysts and other users of information. An item of information, or

an aggregate of items, is considered material if it is probable that

its omission or misstatement would influence or change an

investment decision with respect to the issuer's securities. In

determining whether information is material, take into account

both quantitative and qualitative factors. The potential

significance of items should be considered individually rather than

on a net basis, if the items have an offsetting effect. This concept

of materiality is consistent with the financial reporting notion of

materiality contained in the Handbook.

(4) Unless an item specifically requires disclosure only in the

preliminary short form prospectus, the disclosure requirements set

out in this Form apply to both the preliminary short form

prospectus and the short form prospectus. Details concerning the

price and other matters dependent upon or relating to price, such

as the number of securities being distributed, may be left out of the

preliminary short form prospectus, along with specifics concerning

the plan of distribution, to the extent that these matters have not

been decided.

(5) Any information required in a short form prospectus may be

incorporated by reference in the short form prospectus, other than

confidential material change reports. Clearly identify in a short

form prospectus any document incorporated by reference. If an

excerpt of a document is incorporated by reference, clearly

identify the excerpt in the short form prospectus by caption and

paragraph of the document. Any material incorporated by

reference in a short form prospectus is required under sections 4.1

and 4.2 of the Instrument to be filed with the short form prospectus

unless it has been previously filed.

(6) The disclosure must be understandable to readers and presented in

an easy to read format. The presentation of information should

comply with the plain language principles listed in

section 4.2 of

Companion Policy 44-101CP Short Form Prospectus Distributions.

If technical terms are required, clear and concise explanations

should be included.

(7) No reference need be made to inapplicable items and, unless

otherwise required in this Form, negative answers to items may be

omitted.

(8) Where the term "issuer" is used, it may be necessary, in order to

meet the requirement for full, true and plain disclosure of all

material facts, and in Qu‚bec, disclosure of all material facts

likely to affect the value or the market price of the securities to be

distributed, to also include disclosure with respect to the issuer's

subsidiaries and investees. If it is more likely than not that a

person or company will become a subsidiary or investee, it may be

necessary to also include disclosure with respect to the person or

company.

(9) An issuer that is a special purpose entity may have to modify the

disclosure items to reflect the special purpose nature of its

business.

(10) If disclosure is required as of a specific date and there has been a

material change or change that is otherwise significant in the

required information subsequent to that date, present the

information as of the date of the change or a date subsequent to

the change instead.

(11) If the term "class" is used in any item to describe securities, the

term includes a series of a class.

(12) Disclosure in a preliminary short form prospectus or short form

prospectus must be consistent with National Instrument 51-101

Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities (NI 51-101) if

the issuer is engaged in oil and gas activities (as defined in NI 51-

101).

Item 1 Cover Page Disclosure

1.1 Required Language - State in italics at the top of the cover page the

following:

"No securities regulatory authority has expressed an opinion about

these securities and it is an offence to claim otherwise."

1.2 Preliminary Short Form Prospectus Disclosure - Every preliminary short

form prospectus shall have printed in red ink and italics on the top of the

cover page the following, with the bracketed information completed:

"A copy of this preliminary short form prospectus has been filed with

the securities regulatory authority[ies] in [each of/certain of the

provinces/provinces and territories of Canada] but has not yet become

final for the purpose of the sale of securities. Information contained in

this preliminary short form prospectus may not be complete and may

have to be amended. The securities may not be sold until a receipt for

the short form prospectus is obtained from the securities regulatory

authority[ies]."

INSTRUCTION

Issuers shall complete the bracketed information by

(

a) inserting the names of each jurisdiction in which the issuer intends

to offer securities under the short form prospectus;

(

b) stating that the filing has been made in each of the provinces of

Canada or each of the provinces and territories of Canada; or

(

c) identifying the filing jurisdictions by exception (i.e., every province

of Canada or every province and territory of Canada, except

[excluded jurisdiction]).

1.3 Disclosure Concerning Documents Incorporated by Reference - State

the following in italics on the cover page, with the first sentence in bold type

and the bracketed information completed:

"Information has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus

from documents filed with securities commissions or similar authorities

in Canada. Copies of the documents incorporated herein by reference

may be obtained on request without charge from the secretary of the

issuer at [insert complete address and telephone number], and are also

available electronically at www.sedar.com. [Insert if the offering is

made in Qu‚bec - "For the purpose of the Province of Qu‚bec, this

simplified prospectus contains information to be completed by

consulting the permanent information record. A copy of the permanent

information record may be obtained without charge from the secretary

of the issuer at the above-mentioned address and telephone number and

is also available electronically at www.sedar.com."]

1.4 Basic Disclosure about the Distribution - State the following, immediately

below the disclosure required under sections 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3, with the

bracketed information completed:

[PRELIMINARY] SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS

[INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OR NEW ISSUE

AND/OR SECONDARY OFFERING]

(Date)

[Name of Issuer]

[number and type of securities qualified for distribution under the short

form prospectus, including any options or warrants, and the price per

security]

1.5 Name and Address of Issuer - State the full corporate name of the issuer

or, if the issuer is an unincorporated entity, the full name under which the

entity exists and carries on business and the address(es) of the issuer's head

and registered office.

1.6 Distribution

(1) If the securities are being distributed for cash, provide the information

called for below, in substantially the following tabular form or in a note

to the table:

Price to public

Underwriting

discounts or

commissions

Proceeds to issuer

or selling security

holders

(a)

(b)

(

c) Per security

Total

(2) If there is an over-allotment option, describe the terms of the option and

the fact that the short form prospectus qualifies both the grant of the

option and the issuance or transfer of securities that will be issued or

transferred if the option is exercised.

(3) If the distribution of the securities is to be on a best efforts basis,

provide totals for both the minimum and maximum subscriptions, if

applicable.

(4) If debt securities are distributed at a premium or a discount, state in

bold type the effective yield if held to maturity.

(5) Disclose separately those securities that are underwritten, those under

option and those to be sold on a best efforts basis and, in the case of a

best efforts distribution, the latest date that the distribution is to remain

open.

(6) In column (

b) of the table, disclose only commissions paid or payable

in cash by the issuer or selling security holder and discounts granted.

Set out in a note to the table

(

a) commissions or other consideration paid or payable by persons or

companies other than the issuer or selling security holder;

(

b) consideration other than discounts granted and cash paid or

payable by the issuer or selling security holder, other than

securities described in

section 1.10 below; and

(

c) any finder's fees or similar required payment.

(7) If a security is being distributed for the account of a selling security

holder, state the name of the selling security holder and a cross-

reference to the applicable

section in the short form prospectus where

further information about the selling security holder is provided. State

the portion of expenses of the distribution to be borne by the selling

security holder and, if none of the expenses of the distribution are being

borne by the selling security holder, include a statement to that effect

and discuss the reasons why this is the case.

1.7 Non-Fixed Price Distributions - If the securities are being distributed at

non-fixed prices, disclose

(

a) the discount allowed or commission payable to the underwriter;

(

b) any other compensation payable to the underwriter and, if

applicable, that the underwriter's compensation will be increased

or decreased by the amount by which the aggregate price paid for

the securities by the purchasers exceeds or is less than the gross

proceeds paid by the underwriter to the issuer or selling security

holder;

(

c) that the securities to be distributed under the short form prospectus

will be distributed, as applicable, at

(

i) prices determined by reference to the prevailing price of a

specified security in a specified market,

(ii) market prices prevailing at the time of sale, or

(iii) prices to be negotiated with purchasers;

(

d) that prices may vary as between purchasers and during the period

of distribution;

(

e) if the price of the securities is to be determined by reference to the

prevailing price of a specified security in a specified market, the

price of the specified security in the specified market at the latest

practicable date;

(

f) if the price of the securities will be the market price prevailing at

the time of sale, the market price at the latest practicable date; and

(

g) the net proceeds or, if the distribution is to be made on a best

efforts basis, the minimum amount of net proceeds, if any, to be

received by the issuer or selling security holder.

1.8 Reduced Price Distributions - If an underwriter wishes to be able to

decrease the price at which securities are distributed for cash from the initial

offering price disclosed in the short form prospectus, include in bold type a

cross-reference to the

section in the short form prospectus where disclosure

concerning the possible price decrease is provided.

1.9 Market for Securities

(1) Identify the exchange(

s) and quotation system(s), if any, on which

securities of the issuer of the same class as the securities being

distributed are traded or quoted and the market price of those securities

as of the latest practicable date.

(2) Disclose any intention to stabilize the market and provide a cross-

reference to the

section in the short form prospectus where further

information about market stabilization is provided.

(3) If no market for the securities being distributed under the short form

prospectus exists or is to exist after the distribution, state the following

in bold type:

"There is no market through which these securities may be sold

and purchasers may not be able to resell securities purchased under

the short form prospectus. This may affect the pricing of the

securities in the secondary market, the transparency and

availability of trading prices, the liquidity of the securities, and the

extent of issuer regulation. See Risk Factors."

1.10 Underwriter(s)

(1) State the name of each underwriter.

(2) If applicable, comply with the requirements of National Instrument 33-

105 Underwriting Conflicts for cover page prospectus disclosure.

(3) If an underwriter has agreed to purchase all of the securities being

distributed at a specified price and the underwriter's obligations are

subject to conditions, state the following, with the bracketed

information completed:

"We, as principals, conditionally offer these securities, subject to

prior sale, if, as and when issued by [name of issuer] and accepted

by us in accordance with the conditions contained in the

underwriting agreement referred to under Plan of Distribution."

(4) If an underwriter has agreed to purchase a specified number or principal

amount of the securities at a specified price, state that the securities are

to be taken up by the underwriter, if at all, on or before a date not later

than 42 days after the date of the receipt for the short form prospectus.

(5) If there is no underwriter involved in the distribution, provide a

statement in bold type to the effect that no underwriter has been

involved in the preparation of the short form prospectus or performed

any review of the contents of the short form prospectu

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