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ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates
International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses
a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed
to enhance customers' competitive advantage.
British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has been entertaining
British Columbians with exciting lottery, casino and bingo games that
are fun, fair, and good for BC. For more than 30 years, BCLC has
provided high-quality gaming entertainment that generates income for
vital, public, charitable and community programs.
The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada is a national
self-regulating association of 55,000 Certified General Accountants and
students. CGAs are professional accountants working in industry,
commerce, finance, government and public practice. They are represented
nationally through CGA-Canada and regionally through their
provincial/territorial/regional associations and local chapters.
The City of Edmonton is located in the Province of Alberta. Edmonton
has been hailed as one of Canada's five "smart cities". It is the
location of choice for a diverse array of advanced technology
companies, manufacturers, engineering, and construction firms. Edmonton
is also the service and supply centre for Canada's oil and gas
industry, the hub of western Canada's pipeline network, and the
research and government centre for Alberta.
The City of Kingston is located halfway between Montreal and Toronto,
Canada's two largest cities. Kingston is an eclectic mix of old and new
"where history and innovation thrive"
Equifax Canada is the recognized leader in consumer and commercial
financial management. Everyday we enable millions of consumer
transactions and provide companies with sophisticated business
solutions.
Founded in September 1995, eBay is the leading online marketplace for
the sale of goods and services by a diverse community of individuals
and businesses. Today, the eBay community includes 49.7 million
registered users, and is the most popular shopping site on the Internet
when measured by total user minutes according to Media Metrix.
In some 20 years, Future Shop has grown from a "one store operation"
located in Burnaby, British Columbia, to Canada's largest,
fastest-growing national retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronic
products for the digital age with more than 100 stores from coast to
coast and still growing.
The Globe and Mail is Canada's National Newspaper, daily offering
readers from coast to coast unparalleled national, international and
business reporting, analysis and commentary. The Globe and Mail is a
division of Bell Globemedia, a dynamic multi-media company, which also
owns CTV Inc., Canada's number-one private broadcaster.
Launched in May 2000, Hydro One is a holding company with four
operating subsidiaries. It emerged from the restructuring of Ontario
Hydro as the owner and operator of the wires operations formerly
provided by the provincially owned utility. The company employs
approximately 4,000 full-time staff across the province.
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's 10 provinces.
B.C. is home to people of many different origins, cultural traditions,
languages, ethnicities, and religions. B.C.'s population was 4.168
million people, as of March 2004. B.C.'s capital is Victoria
on Vancouver Island.
Sears, Roebuck and Co. is a leading broadline retailer providing
merchandise and related services. With revenues in 2003 of $41.1
billion, the company offers its wide range of home merchandise, apparel
and automotive products and services through more than 2,300
Sears-branded and affiliated stores in the U.S. and Canada, including
approximately 1,000 full-line stores and 1,300 specialty stores.
Shaw Communications is a diversified Canadian communications company
whose core business is providing broadband cable television, High Speed
Internet, Digital Phone, telecommunications services (through Big Pipe
Inc.) and satellite direct-to-home services (through Star Choice
Communications Inc.) to approximately 3.0 million customers.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with more than 51,000 employees in
offices around the world, The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its
subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG).
TD Bank Financial Group offers a full range of financial products and
services to approximately 13 million customers worldwide.
Founded in 1892, the Toronto Star is Canada’s largest daily newspaper,
reaching more than 2.7 million readers weekly. The Star is published
seven days a week in the Greater Toronto Area.
The University of British Columbia at Vancouver, BC is the third
largest university in Canada. Incorporated by the provincial government
in 1908, UBC is a research-intensive university and a global centre of
research and learning with state-of-the-art facilities in its campuses
at Point Grey and Robson Square.
The University of New Brunswick is a comprehensive, multi-campus
institution located in Eastern Canada. Founded in 1785, UNB offers
undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 60 disciplines and
continuing education in a variety of fields. Its 10,000 students come
predominantly from Canada, but increasingly from all over the world.
The Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta is a not-for-profit mutual
insurance corporation funded entirely by employers. The WCB provides
cost effective workplace liability and disability insurance to more
than 1.2 million workers and 96,000 employers. |
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