Vol. 132, No. 47 — November 21, 1998

GOVERNMENT NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADA WILDLIFE ACT

Land Exchange: Cape Jourimain National Wildlife Area, New Brunswick

Notice is hereby given that Environment Canada proposes to remove 4.9 ha of land from the Cape Jourimain National Wildlife Area (NWA), located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, for construction of facilities to address safety concerns related to the Confederation Bridge. In exchange, 11.8 ha of biologically significant land will be added to the NWA. The 600 ha Cape Jourimain was declared a National Wildlife Area in 1980.

The construction of the Confederation Bridge linking New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island has resulted in the upgrading of a road right-of-way, originally built in the 1960s, through Cape Jourimain NWA. The high volume of traffic, combined with the desire of tourists to view the bridge, has resulted in traffic congestion and unsafe highway traffic flow on Jourimain Island. This situation has become a serious safety concern for the New Brunswick Department of Transportation, the police, and operators of the Confederation Bridge.

To alleviate this hazardous situation, the New Brunswick Department of Transportation has requested the release and use of 3.7 ha of the Cape Jourimain NWA on Jourimain Island for the construction of off-ramps. The New Brunswick Department of Transportation has confirmed that an interchange is required at the end of the bridge on Jourimain Island to allow safe viewing of the bridge, away from the main flow of traffic.

Integral to the issue of public safety is the need for a parking area that will serve not only the travelling public, but also the proposed Cape Jourimain Nature Centre. Therefore, a 1.2 ha parcel of land of the Cape Jourimain NWA also will be de-listed at this time, which parcel will be held in Environment Canada's inventory for future construction of a parking lot.

In exchange for the release of these lands, Public Works and Government Services Canada will transfer 11.8 ha of biologically significant land held by Public Works, located adjacent to the Cape Jourimain NWA, for incorporation into the NWA.

The 4.9 ha proposed for de-listing is comprised of land containing second growth mixed woods and old pastureland. The 11.8 ha of land offered in exchange includes an important songbird migration corridor, connecting Jourimain and Trenholm islands with the uplands.

Environment Canada also proposes adding to the Cape Jourimain NWA an additional 64 ha of land currently held in Environment Canada's inventory. Therefore, as a result of this proposed regulatory amendment, approximately 76 ha of land in total will be added to the Cape Jourimain NWA.

Interested parties are invited to submit comments in writing, within 20 days from the date of publication of this notice, to the Director General, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3, (819) 953-6283 (Facsimile).

November 21, 1998

DAVID BRACKETT
Director General
Canadian Wildlife Service

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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

CANADA PENSION PLAN

In accordance with subsection 111(3) of the Canada Pension Plan, notice is hereby given that, pursuant to subsection 111(2), the Minister of Finance has fixed an interest rate of 5.55 percent as applicable in the case of any obligation described in subsection 111(1) having a term to maturity of 20 years that is offered by a province for purchase by the Minister of Finance during the period commencing December 1, 1998, and ending December 10, 1998.

Please note that this rate is subject to change pending final approval of legislation to amend the Canada Pension Plan and to establish the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

PAUL MARTIN
Minister of Finance

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointments

Name and Position	Order in Council
Bilodeau, Paul H.	1998-1970
Royal Canadian Mint
Director of the Board of Directors
Blais, Nathalie	1998-1985
Tax Court of Canada
Commissionner to Administer Oaths
Business Development Bank of Canada
Directors of the Board of Directors	1998-1971
Coco, V. Jenny
Sprague, Cindy
Canadian Human Rights Commission	1998-1920
Part-time Members
Koilpillai, Robinson
MacLennan, Mary
Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Directors of the Board of Directors
Hladyshevsky, Andrew J.	1998-1965
Johnson, Peggy J.	1998-1966
Morellato, Maria Ausilia	1998-1964
Niemi, Fo	1998-1967
Civil Aviation Tribunal	1998-1958
Part-time Members
McDonald, William G. (Bill)
Tweed, William Thornton
Clark, Ian Christie	1998-1963
Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board
Chairperson/Président
Cook-Bennett, Gail	1998-1919
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Dean-Barnes, Martha Irving	1998-1974
Canada Pension Plan
Review Tribunal
Member— St. John's
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
Board of Directors
Bouvier, Andrew — Director	1998-1937
Kristjanson, Robert — Director	1998-1938
McArthur, David S. — Director	1998-1939
Murdock, Sam — Chairman and Acts as President	1998-1940
Grant, Jon K.	1998-1968
Canada Lands Company Limited
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Henteleff, Yude M., Q.C./c.r.	1998-1972
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Part-time Member
Lirette, Fernand	1998-1957
Canada Elections Act/
Returning Officer— Portneuf
MacInnis, Kenneth Adrian, Q.C./c.r.	1998-1962
Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund
Administrator
McDougall, Glen G.	1998-1969
Canada Post Corporation
Director of the Board of Directors
McLeod, Captain Dennis Norman	1998-1976
Port Warden of the Harbour of Quebec
Port of Quebec Corporation
Board of Directors
Bérubé, Michel — Chairman	1998-1959
Gaudreau, Clément — Part-time Director	1998-1961
Morency, Jean-Paul — Vice-Chairman	1998-1960
Quigg, Francis (Frank)	1998-1973
Employment Insurance Act
Chairperson of the Boards of Referees
New Brunswick

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

RADIOCOMMUNICATION ACT

Notice No. SMBR-004-98 — Allotment Plan for Digital Radio Broadcasting (DRB), Issue 2

Industry Canada announces the publication for comment of the Allotment Plan for Digital Radio Broadcasting DRB, Issue 2, for stations operating within the 1452 to 1492 MHz frequency band (L-band) using the Eureka 147 (DAB) system. This plan contains only allotments for terrestrial DRB.

The Allotment Plan, Issue 2, replaces the Allotment Plan, Issue 1, which was announced in June 1996, in the Canada Gazette under notice number SMBR-001-96. Issue 2 reflects the terms of the recently-concluded agreement with the United States of America on the coordination of the operations of terrestrial DRB in Canada. It also addresses the requirements of the CBC to meet its national mandate, and extends the provision of a digital allotment for every AM and FM station to include the new stations and applications as of August 31, 1998.

The continued availability of a digital allotment for any AM or FM station will depend on the applications received for the digital service and any modifications made to the Plan during the licensing process. It should be noted that in many locations in Canada, the Plan contains vacant allotments that can accommodate AM or FM stations applied for after August 31, 1998, and to allow a measure of future growth.

Issue 1 of the allotment plan contained a list of fixed systems operating in the 1452-1492 MHz band that could be impacted by DRB. However, additional analysis in the Department and industry has led to the application of revised interference criteria. It is expected that additional existing fixed systems will be identified as potentially affected by DRB in this band. A revised list of these potentially impacted fixed systems will be published in the near future.

In addition, the above studies have indicated potential adjacent channel interference between DRB and fixed systems operating on frequencies adjacent to the 1452 to 1492 MHz frequency band. In this regard, these adjacent channels were avoided during the re-planning, to the extent possible. However, in the remaining cases, the actual impact and mitigation techniques will depend on each situation. A coordination procedure for adjacent channel interference cases is being developed in conjunction with industry and this will be published in the near future.

DRB Plan, Issue 2 — Description

As in the previous version, the new issue of the Plan groups up to five existing AM and/or FM broadcasters together to share the same transmitting facility.

The Plan includes:

— DRB service areas

— Frequencies for each of the DRB service areas

— Frequency re-use contours for the DRB service areas.

Also included in the proposed plan for information purposes are the groupings of existing AM and FM stations and allotments. This will not be published in the final version of the plan.

Interested parties may submit comments on the DRB Allotment Plan to the Director General, Spectrum Engineering Branch, Department of Industry, 300 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C8, or at the Internet address broadcast.gazette@ic.gc.ca.

Comments should be submitted no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. Comments received will be made available electronically at the following Internet address:

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/spectrum

This notice in the Canada Gazette, the DRB Allotment Plan (Issue 2) and the terms of the Canada/United States agreement are available electronically on the Internet at the following address:

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/spectrum for the English version

and

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/spectre for the French version.

Ottawa, November 13, 1998

R. W. MCCAUGHERN
Director General
Spectrum Engineering Branch

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 518(6) of the Bank Act, of the issuance on October 22, 1998, of the following order:

Order to Hold Shares

The Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), on behalf of the Minister of Finance and pursuant to subparagraph 518(3)(b)(ii) of the Bank Act, approves the application requesting permission for The Bank of East Asia, Limited, a foreign bank, to hold a substantial investment in Transatlantic Trust Corporation.

This Order is subject to the following terms and conditions:

— that The Bank of East Asia, Limited continues to hold a substantial investment, directly or indirectly, in Transatlantic Trust Corporation; and

— that the principal activity in Canada of Transatlantic Trust Corporation does not consist of any activity referred to in paragraph 518(3)(a) of the Bank Act.

November 9, 1998

JAMES SCOTT PETERSON
Secretary of State
(International Financial Institutions)

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 521(3) of the Bank Act, of the issuance on October 22, 1998, of the following order:

Foreign Bank Order — P.C. 1998-1858

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to subsection 521(1) of the Bank Act, has consented to DaimlerChrysler AG, a foreign bank, acquiring shares of Mercedes-Benz Credit of Canada Inc., Daimler-Benz Canada Inc., Chrysler Credit Canada Ltd., Chrysler Finance Limited, Chrysler Credit Holdings Ltd., Chrysler Life Insurance Company of Canada, Auto Receivables Corporation, Redisco Canada Ltd., and 104462 Canada Ltd. in such numbers as to cause the entities to become non-bank affiliates of DaimlerChrysler AG.

November 12, 1998

JAMES SCOTT PETERSON
Secretary of State
(International Financial Institutions)

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 507(6) of the Bank Act, of the issuance on October 22, 1998, of the following order:

Order

The Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), on behalf of the Minister of Finance and pursuant to paragraph 507(4)(a) of the Bank Act, exempts DaimlerChrysler AG from the status of being associated with the foreign bank Deutsche Bank AG.

This Order is subject to the following conditions:

— that Deutsche Bank AG acquires or holds a substantial investment in DaimlerChrysler AG; and

— that the substantial investment or any agreement, commitment or understanding, whether formal or informal, verbal or written, does not give to Deutsche Bank AG any degree of de facto or substantial control or influence over the business, investments policies or business philosophy of DaimlerChrysler AG and its affiliates.

November 10, 1998

JAMES SCOTT PETERSON
Secretary of State
(International Financial Institutions)

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

EQUISURE FINANCIAL NETWORK INC.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 507(6) of the Bank Act, of the issuance on November 4, 1998, of the following order:

Order

Whereas Equisure Financial Network Inc. is an entity associated with, and a non-bank affiliate of, ING Groep N.V. and any entities associated with it from time to time (ING Groep), a foreign bank within the meaning of paragraph 507(2)(a) of the Bank Act;

And whereas Equisure Financial Network Inc. has sought an Order exempting it from the status of being associated with, and being a non-bank affiliate of, ING Groep;

Therefore, the Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), on behalf of the Minister of Finance and pursuant to subsection 507(4) of the Bank Act, exempts Equisure Financial Network Inc., its subsidiaries and any entities in which it has acquired and holds, or may in future acquire or hold, a substantial investment, from being associated with, and being a non-bank affiliate of, ING Groep.

This Order shall lapse if any of the following occurs:

— ING Groep ceases to hold a substantial investment in Equisure Financial Network Inc.; and

— the substantial investment or any agreement, commitment or understanding, whether formal or informal, verbal or written, gives ING Groep N.V. control of Equisure Financial Network Inc. within the meaning of section 3 of the Bank Act.

November 9, 1998

JAMES SCOTT PETERSON
Secretary of State
(International Financial Institutions)

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

ING CANADA INC.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 518(6) of the Bank Act, of the issuance on November 4, 1998, of the following order:

Order to Hold Shares

The Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), on behalf of the Minister of Finance and pursuant to subparagraph 518(3)(b)(ii) of the Bank Act, approves the application requesting permission for ING Canada Inc., an entity associated with ING Groep N.V. and entities associated with it (ING Groep N.V.), a foreign bank, to hold a substantial investment in Equisure Financial Network Inc.

This Order is subject to the following terms and conditions:

— that ING Canada Inc. continues to hold a substantial investment, directly or indirectly, in Equisure Financial Network Inc.; and

— that the principal activity in Canada of Equisure Financial Network Inc. does not consist of any activity referred to in paragraph 518(3)(a) of the Bank Act.

November 9, 1998

JAMES SCOTT PETERSON
Secretary of State
(International Financial Institutions)

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

XSI CORPORATION

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 518(6) of the Bank Act, of the issuance on October 22, 1998, of the following order:

Order to Hold Shares

The Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), on behalf of the Minister of Finance and pursuant to subparagraph 518(3)(b)(ii) of the Bank Act, approves the application requesting permission for XSi Corporation, an entity associated with Citigroup Inc., a foreign bank, to hold a substantial investment in SKC Silicon Technologies Company.

This Order is subject to the following terms and conditions:

— that XSi Corporation continues to hold a substantial investment, directly or indirectly, in SKC Silicon Technologies Company; and

— that the principal activity in Canada of SKC Silicon Technologies Company does not consist of any activity referred to in paragraph 518(3)(a) of the Bank Act.

November 9, 1998

JAMES SCOTT PETERSON
Secretary of State
(International Financial Institutions)

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BANK OF CANADA

Balance Sheet as at November 4, 1998

ASSETS	amount
1. Gold coin and bullion
2. Deposits payable in foreign currencies:
(a) U.S.A. Dollars $	278,940,078
(b) Other currencies	3,847,106
Total $	282,787,184
3. Advances to:
(a) Government of Canada
(b) Provincial Governments
(c) Members of the Canadian Payments Association	794,042,000
Total	794,042,000
4. Investments
(At amortized values):
(a) Treasury Bills of Canada	12,714,101,624
(b) Other securities issued or guaranteed by Canada maturing within three years	6,014,270,956
(c) Other securities issued or guaranteed by Canada not maturing within three years	10,194,215,314
(d) Securities issued or guaranteed by a province of Canada
(e) Other Bills
(f) Other investments	1,159,614,605
Total	30,082,202,499
5. Bank premises	185,712,130
6. All others assets	371,538,402
Total $	31,716,282,215

LIABILITIES	amount
1. Capital paid up $	5,000,000
2. Rest fund	25,000,000
3. Notes in circulation	30,576,786,650
4. Deposits:
(a) Government of Canada $	9,005,105
(b) Provincial Governments
(c) Banks	324,015,996
(d) Other members of the Canadian Payments Association	69,213,506
(e) Other	256,459,633
Total	658,694,240
5. Liabilities payable in foreign currencies:
(a) To Government of Canada	119,535,961
(b) To others
Total	119,535,961
6. All other liabilities	331,265,364
Total $	31,716,282,215

Maturity distribution of investments in securities issued or guaranteed by Canada not maturing within three years (item 4(c) of above assets):	amount
(a) Securities maturing in over 3 years but not over 5 years	$	3,326,223,914
(b) Securities maturing in over 5 years but not over 10 years		3,793,736,353
(c) Securities maturing in over 10 years		3,074,255,047
	$	10,194,215,314
Total amount of securities included in items 4(a) to (c) of above assets held under purchase and resale agreements	$

I declare that the foregoing return is correct according to the books of the Bank.

W. D. SINCLAIR
Acting Chief Accountant 

I declare that the foregoing return is to the best of my knowledge and belief correct, and shows truly and clearly the financial position of the Bank, as required by section 29 of the Bank of Canada Act.

G. G. THIESSEN
Governor 

Ottawa, November 5, 1998

BANK OF CANADA

Balance Sheet as at November 11, 1998

ASSETS	amount
1. Gold coin and bullion
2. Deposits payable in foreign currencies:
(a) U.S.A. Dollars $	248,667,564
(b) Other currencies	3,724,650
Total $	252,392,214
3. Advances to:
(a) Government of Canada
(b) Provincial Governments
(c) Members of the Canadian Payments Association	472,403,000
Total	472,403,000
4. Investments
(At amortized values):
(a) Treasury Bills of Canada	12,753,144,106
(b) Other securities issued or guaranteed by Canada maturing within three years	6,060,569,347
(c) Other securities issued or guaranteed by Canada not maturing within three years	10,194,021,344
(d) Securities issued or guaranteed by a province of Canada
(e) Other Bills
(f) Other investments	1,523,694,653
Total	30,531,429,450
5. Bank premises	185,984,213
6. All others assets	401,569,426
Total $	31,843,778,303

LIABILITIES	amount
1. Capital paid up $	5,000,000
2. Rest fund	25,000,000
3. Notes in circulation	30,880,412,889
4. Deposits:
(a) Government of Canada $	9,607,320
(b) Provincial Governments
(c) Banks	120,271,559
(d) Other members of the Canadian Payments Association	102,150,713
(e) Other	245,982,425
Total	478,012,017
5. Liabilities payable in foreign currencies:
(a) To Government of Canada	86,783,230
(b) To others
Total	86,783,230
6. All other liabilities	368,570,167
Total $	31,843,778,303

Maturity distribution of investments in securities issued or guaranteed by Canada not maturing within three years (item 4(c) of above assets):	amount
(a) Securities maturing in over 3 years but not over 5 years	$	3,326,271,437
(b) Securities maturing in over 5 years but not over 10 years		3,793,579,645
(c) Securities maturing in over 10 years		3,074,170,262
	$	10,194,021,344
Total amount of securities included in items 4(a) to (c) of above assets held under purchase and resale agreements	$	46,517,250

I declare that the foregoing return is correct according to the books of the Bank.

W. D. SINCLAIR
Acting Chief Accountant 

I declare that the foregoing return is to the best of my knowledge and belief correct, and shows truly and clearly the financial position of the Bank, as required by section 29 of the Bank of Canada Act.

G. G. THIESSEN
Governor 

Ottawa, November 13, 1998

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