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00:00 EST Thursday, March 16, 2006 Page B21

Cross rates
	Canadian	U.S.	British	Euro	Japanese	Swiss
	dollar	dollar	pound		yen	franc
Canadian dollar	--	1.1553	2.0172	1.3917	0.009850	0.8921
U.S. dollar	0.8656	--	1.7460	1.2046	0.008526	0.7722
British pound	0.4957	0.5727	--	0.6899	0.004883	0.4423
Euro	0.7185	0.8301	1.4495	--	0.007078	0.6410
Japanese yen	101.52	117.29	204.79	141.29	--	90.57
Swiss franc	1.1209	1.2950	2.2611	1.5600	0.011041	--

Mid-market rates in Toronto at noon, Mar. 15, 2006. Prepared by BMO Nesbitt Burns, Capital Markets.

CAD	unit
per unit	per CAD

U.S./Canada spot	1.1553	0.8656
1 month forward	1.1543	0.8663
2 months forward	1.1533	0.8671
3 months forward	1.1522	0.8679
6 months forward	1.1491	0.8703
12 months forward	1.1435	0.8745
3 year forward	1.1303	0.8847
5 years forward	1.1193	0.8934
7 years forward	1.1098	0.9011
10 years forward	1.1003	0.9088
CAD in 2006: High	1.1299
Low	1.1794
Average	1.1519

USD	CAD
per unit	per unit

Britain Pound	1.7460	2.0172
1 month forward	1.7464	2.0160
2 months forward	1.7470	2.0149
3 months forward	1.7479	2.0139
6 months forward	1.7505	2.0114
12 months forward	1.7552	2.0070
Europe Euro	1.2046	1.3917
1 month forward	1.2069	1.3931
2 months forward	1.2090	1.3944
3 months forward	1.2115	1.3959
6 months forward	1.2180	1.3995
12 months forward	1.2293	1.4057

country	currency	units	CAD
		per USD	per unit

Japan Yen	117.29	0.009850
1 month forward	116.82	0.009881
2 months forward	116.35	0.009912
3 months forward	115.83	0.009947
6 months forward	114.40	0.010044
12 months forward	111.78	0.010230
Algeria Dinar	72	0.0160
Antigua EC Dollar	2.6700	0.4327
Argentina Peso	3.07	0.3763
Australia Dollar	1.3534	0.8537
Austria Euro	0.8285	1.3944
Bahamas Dollar	1.0000	1.1553
Barbados Dollar	1.9900	0.5806
Belgium Euro	0.8285	1.3944
Bermuda Dollar	1	1.1553
Brazil Real	2.1142	0.5464
Bulgaria Lev	1.6198	0.7132
Cambodia Riel	4065	0.000284
Cayman Is. Dollar	0.8200	1.4089
Chile Peso	526.81	0.00219
China Renminbi	8.036	0.1438
Cote D'Iv CFA Franc	542.76	0.0021
Cyprus Pound	0.4757	2.4286
Czech Rep Koruna	23.785	0.0486
Denmark Krone	6.1795	0.1870
Egypt Pound	5.7315	0.2016
Fiji Dollar	1.7559	0.6579
Finland Euro	0.8285	1.3944
France Euro	0.8285	1.3944
French Pacific Franc	99.06	0.0117
Germany Euro	0.8285	1.3944
Greece Euro	0.8285	1.3944
Hong Kong Dollar	7.7585	0.1489
Hungary Forint	216.52	0.0053
Iceland Krona	69.76	0.0166
India Rupee	44.10	0.0262
Indonesia Rupiah	9105	0.000127
Iran Rial	8912	0.000130
Iraq Dinar	1469.2	0.000786
Ireland Euro	0.8285	1.3944
Israel New Shekel	4.694	0.2461
Italy Euro	0.8285	1.3944
Jamaica Dollar	61.13	0.0189
Jordan Dinar	0.7083	1.6311
Liberia Dollar	50.00	0.0231
Lebanon Pound	1507	0.000767
Luxembourg Euro	0.8285	1.3944
Malaysia Ringgit	3.704	0.3119
Mexico New Peso	10.6375	0.1086
Netherlands Euro	0.8285	1.3944
New Zealand Dollar	1.5487	0.7460
Norway Krone	6.6057	0.1749
Pakistan Rupee	60.10	0.0192
Panama Balboa	1.0000	1.1553
Philippines Peso	50.99	0.0227
Poland Zloty	3.2024	0.3608
Portugal Euro	0.8285	1.3944
Romania New Leu	2.9129	0.3966
Russia Ruble	27.801	0.0416
Saudi Arabia Riyal	3.7501	0.3081
Singapore Dollar	1.618	0.7140
Slovakia Koruna	31.045	0.0372
South Africa Rand	6.17	0.1872
South Korea Won	974.5	0.00119
Spain Euro	0.8285	1.3944
Sudan Dinar	227.1	0.0051
Sweden Krona	7.7657	0.1488
Switzerland Franc	1.295	0.8921
Taiwan Dollar	32.351	0.0357
Thailand Baht	39.16	0.0295
Trinidad, Tob Dollar	6.2644	0.1844
Turkey New Lira	1.3326	0.8670
Venezuela Bolivar	2144.6	0.000539
Zambia Kwacha	3210	0.000360
Sp Draw Rt S.D.R.	0.0000	0.0000

Closing rates

The US dollar closed at $1.1545 Canadian on Wednesday, or 86.62 US cents to the Canadian dollar. The Pound Sterling closed at $1.7476 US, or $2.0176 Canadian.

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