Ed Bender

Shermag, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and importation of home furniture products. It offers gliders, ottomans, coffee table, baby furniture, dining room furniture, and bedroom furniture. The company was founded on January 28, 1977 and is headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. engages in the provision of insurance and investment solutions. It operates through the following segments: Individual Insurance, Individual Wealth Management, Group Insurance, Group Savings and Retirement, US Operations and Other. The Individual Insurance segment refers to life, health, disability, and mortgage insurance products. The Individual Wealth Management segment offers individual products and services for savings plans, retirement funds, and segregated funds, in addition to securities brokerage, trust operations and mutual funds. The Group Insurance segment offers fife, health, accidental death, and dismemberment, dental care and short and long-term disability insurance products for employee plans; creditor insurance, replacement insurance, replacement warranties, extended warranties and other ancillary products for dealer services; and specialized products for special markets solutions. The Group Savings and Retirement segment provides products and services for savings plans, retirement funds, and segregated funds. The US Operations segment provides miscellaneous insurance products sold in the United States such as life insurance products and extended warranties relating to dealer services. The Other segment relates to auto and home insurance products and services such as set management and financing, as well as company capital. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Roctest Ltd. develops and manufactures of measurement and sensing technologies for complex civil and geotechnical engineering applications. It offers conventional sensing, fiber optic sensing, partners, and soil and rock test equipment. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in St-Lambert, Canada.

Saxon Financial, Inc. provides investment advice. The company was founded in and is headquartered in

Iron Ore Co. manufactures and supplies iron ore pellets and concentrates for steel producers. It operates a mine, a concentrator, and a pelletizing plant. The company was founded in 1949 and is located in Montreal, QC.

CMA Holdings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). CMA is a national voluntary association that advocates on behalf of Canadian physicians and the Canadian public for high quality health care, and at present has over 60,000 members. CMA Holdings, through various subsidiaries, operates several businesses which provide services to CMA members, including financial counselling and the management of approximately $19 billion in assets as at March 31, 2005 for more than 100,000 clients

Groupe Deschênes, Inc. provides plumbing and heating products. It offers fire protection products, refrigeration, air-conditioning, ventilation products, electrical and industrial supplies, heating controls, waterworks and sewer systems. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

SGF Rexfor, Inc. provides forestry services. The company works with partners on the development and transformation of forest resources, contributing its know-how and giving priority to innovation. The company was founded on July 6, 1962 and is located in Montréal, Canada.

Order of Canada is an organization based in Ottawa, Canada. The organization is affiliated with the governor general of Canada, La gouverneure générale du.

The Québec Bar Association is a professional organization that oversees the practice of over 29,000 lawyers in all areas of law. The organization is based in Montréal, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The mission of the association is to ensure the protection of the public, contribute to accessible and quality justice, and defend the rule of law.

Conseil du Patronat du Quebec, Inc. operates as a trade association. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Tennis Canada is a non-profit organization. The company owns and operates the premier Rogers Cup presented by National Bank WTA and ATP World Tour events, the National Bank Cup WTA event, 10 professional ITF-sanctioned events and financially supports 12 other professional tournaments in Canada. It operates national junior training centres/programs in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary. The company is a member of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the International Wheelchair Tennis Association, and serves to administer, sponsor and select the teams for Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and all wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. It invests its surplus into tennis development. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Food & Consumer Products of Canada is a non-profit organization which represents the companies that manufacture and distribute the vast majority of food, beverage, and consumer goods found on grocery store shelves. It promotes food and product safety, supports health and wellness, collaborates with retailers, and provides environmental services. The organization was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Musée d''Archéologie & d''Histoire de Montréal Pointe-a-Callière owns and operates museums. The company is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

TechnoCentre Éolien Gaspésie, Les Îles is an applied research center located in Gaspé, Canada. The Canadian company stimulates innovation in the field of renewable energies through research, technical assistance, technology transfer, and business support activities.

IAS Québec Chapter operates as an association of Canadian directors and boards. It offers director education and professional certification. The institute was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.