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Users wishing to rely upon this information should consult directly with the source of the information. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" valign="bottom" width="338">    Last Modified: 21/06/2006</td> <td width="112" valign="bottom" align="right"><a title="Important Notices" href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/privacy/index.asp" class="lnkFooter"> Important Notices</a></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="7"><hr></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20">[ <a class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/fr/privacy/index.asp" title="Fran鏰is">Français</a> | <a class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/contact/index.asp" title="Contact Us">Contact Us</a> | <a class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/help/index.asp" title="Help">Help</a> | <a class="lnkFooter" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080615212019/http://canada.gc.ca/" title="Canada Site">Canada Site</a> ]</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20">[ <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/whatsnew/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="What's New">What's New</a> | <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/sitemap/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Site Map">Site Map</a> | <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/newsroom/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="News">News</a> | <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Home">Home</a> ]</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20">[ <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Welcome">Welcome</a> | <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/termsofreference/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Terms of Reference">Terms of Reference</a> | <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/openingstatement/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="Opening Statement">Opening Statement</a> ]</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20">[ <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/rulesofprocedureandpractice" class="lnkFooter" title="Rules of Procedure">Rules of Procedure and Practice</a> | <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/tentativeschedule" class="lnkFooter" title="Tentative Schedule">Tentative Schedule</a> ]</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20">[ <a title="Parties and Intervenors" class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/partiesandintervenors">Parties and Intervenors</a> | <a title="Applications" class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/applications">Applications</a> | <a title="Rulings" class="lnkFooter" href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/rulings">Rulings</a> | <a href="/web/20080615212019/http://www.majorcomm.ca/en/inremembrance/index.asp" class="lnkFooter" title="In Remembrance">In Remembrance</a> ]</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="7" align="center" valign="bottom" height="20"> </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>