Robert P. Kanee, Chairman of the Board and Nominating and Governance Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee

Mr. Kanee has been a director of several private companies involved in property management, real estate development, investment holding, manufacturing and distribution. From 1994 to 2000, Kanee was a director of Perkins Paper Limited, a TSX listed company controlled by Cascades Inc. From 1989 to 1999, Kanee was a director of Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital and served as Vice Chair in 1998 – 1999. In his earlier career, from 1991 to 1998, Kanee was Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions, of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. (formerly Abitibi-Price Inc.), one of the world’s largest newsprint manufacturers. Kanee received his MBA from the University of Western Ontario in 1971. He obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in Ontario with Peat Marwick Mitchell in 1973 and his Institute of Corporate Directors designation in 2004.