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Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Hubert T. Lacroix,

Québec, Canada

Chairman of the Board of Directors, member of the Audit Committee

Hubert T. Lacroix is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CBC/Radio-Canada.

He began his mandate on January 2, 2008 and has been appointed for a five-year term. Prior to joining CBC/Radio-Canada, Mr. Lacroix held the position of Senior Advisor with the law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP (Montréal office). From May 2003 to December 2005, he also acted as Senior Advisor to Telemedia Ventures Inc., a private holding company operating mainly in the technology, transportation and real estate sectors. From February 1, 2000 to May 2, 2003, he was Executive Chairman for Telemedia Corporation and the other companies in the Telemedia group. Prior to that, he was a partner with the law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP (Montréal office) for more than 20 years.

Directors

Pierre Gabriel Côté President and Chief Executive Officer of Fibrek

Pierre Gabriel Côté,

Québec, Canada

Director

Pierre Gabriel Côté has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Fibrek Inc. since July 21, 2008.

He was previously President of Bombardier, Business Aircraft, from July 2006 to July 2008. From July 2005 to July 2006, he was Executive Vice President, Tissue and Containerboard at Kruger Inc., and, from October 2001 to July 2005, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Rogers Sugar Income Fund. Prior to that, from September 2000 to September 2001, Mr. Côté was Senior Vice President, International Operations and Energy at Abitibi Consolidated Inc., and Vice President of US Operations for Donohue Inc. from September 1999 to August 2000.

Pierre Desjardins Director of Companies

Pierre Desjardins,

Québec, Canada

Member of the Corporate Human Resources and Governance Committee

Pierre Desjardins is a corporate director.

From 2002 to 2004, he was Chairman of the Board for TouchTunes Music Corporation, a Nevada corporation based in Montréal, Québec, involved in the digital distribution of music content to music-on-demand applications. From 2000 to 2004, he was Chairman of the Board for Total Containment Inc., a public company based in Oaks, Pennsylvania, providing engineering services and underground containment equipment for the conveyance of fuels in service stations in more than 65 countries. Mr. Desjardins' background is in marketing and corporate strategy. In the last 30 years, he has been the president of various divisions and CEO of several consumer and industrial companies, including Labatt Breweries of Canada and Domtar. He has also served on the boards of numerous public companies in Canada and the United States.

Dino Fuoco President of Matvet Inc.

Dino Fuoco,

Québec, Canada

Chairman of the Corporate Human Resources and Governance Committee

Dino Fuoco is President of Matvet Inc., a company which distributes medical equipment to veterinary clinics and hospitals throughout Canada.

For terms of one year that were completed in 2007, he has acted as Chairman of the Board of the Ordre des comptables en management accrédités du Québec and was a member of the council of chairs of The Society of Management Accountants of Canada. From 2001 to 2003, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Société générale de financement du Québec. From 1994 to 2001, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alliance Forest Products Inc. (which was acquired by Bowater Incorporated in 2001).

Adam Lapointe President of Pluri-Capital Inc.

Adam Lapointe,

Québec, Canada

Member of the Corporate Human Resources and Governance Committee

Adam Lapointe is the principal owner and, for nearly 25 years, President of Pluri-Capital (PCI) Inc., an investment fund providing capital to manufacturing companies principally established in the province of Québec.

Mr. Lapointe is also a director of several private and public companies and non-profit organizations. He holds a bachelor's degree as well as a master's degree in economics from Université Laval.

Harold P. Gordon Chairman of Dundee Corporation

Harold P. Gordon,

Florida, United States

Member of the Audit Committee

Harold P. Gordon has been Chairman of the Board of Dundee Corporation, a management corporation involved in wealth management, financial services, real estate and natural resources, since November 2001.

He was Vice Chairman of the Board of Hasbro, Inc., from 1995 to 2002. Prior to 1995, he was a partner with the law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP for 28 years. Mr. Gordon is also the Chairman of the Board and a director for the Sauvé Scholars Foundation. He was appointed Queen's Counsel by the Government of Canada in 1989.

Nancy Orr Consultant

Nancy Orr,

Québec, Canada

Member of the Audit Committee

Nancy Orr is a consultant.

She also sits on the boards and various committees of Dundee Wealth Inc. and Prometic Life Sciences Inc. From 1991 to 2007, she was President of Dynamis Group Inc., a company that developed, built and operated plants in the electrical power industry and in the paper and wood recycling sectors in Europe and the U.S. In the past, she has sat on several public and private company boards, including for Redline Communications Inc., Donohue Inc., the Bank of Canada, HEC-Montreal, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Financial Services, the Investment Committee of the Canada Council for the Arts, Socanav Inc., and the Montreal Heart Institute.

François R. Roy Director of Companies

François R. Roy,

Québec, Canada

Chairman of the Audit Committee

François R. Roy is a Corporate Director. From 2007 to 2010, he was Vice-Principal (Administration and Finance) at McGill University.

From March 2000 to May 2003, he was Chief Financial Officer of Telemedia Corporation, a private holding company. From July 1998 to March 2000, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Quebecor Inc., and from August 1997 to July 1998, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the forest products company Avenor Inc.. Mr. Roy sits on the boards of directors of Transcontinental Inc., Macquarie Power and Infrastructure Corporation and Noranda Income Fund, and is a member of the boards of advisors of Dessau and Veronis Suhler Stevenson. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. He has also served on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations, including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the International Festival of Films on Art and the Opéra de Montréal, and currently serves on the board of the Montreal Community Foundation and the National Arts Centre Foundation.