Second Annual “TSX Canada Day In New York City” Event Planned For June 23, 2004 - Twelve Toronto Stock Exchange Issuers Come To Tell Their Story And Meet The New York Financial Community

Toronto Stock Exchange is coming to town and bringing along 12 of its leading issuers for the second annual “TSX Canada Day in New York City” Wednesday, June 23rd at the Millennium Broadway Hotel New York.

The event provides attendees with a chance to learn about senior market investment opportunities in the Canadian capital markets. It’s also a unique opportunity to hear presentations by senior executives and to have one-on-one meetings with the issuers. Participating companies include:

• Axcan Pharma (TSX: AXP)
• CCS Income Trust (TSX: CCR.UN)
• Compton Petroleum Corporation (TSX: CMT)
• First Calgary Petroleums (TSX: FCP)
• Industrial Alliance Insurance (TSX: IAG)
• Kingsway Financial Services (TSX: KFS)
• Mega Bloks Inc. (TSX: MB)
• Neurochem Inc. (TSX: NRM)
• RONA Inc. (TSX: RON)
• SNC Lavalin Group (TSX: SNC)
• TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA)
• TSX Group Inc. (TSX: X)

These company presentations will be followed by a reception and a lunch featuring Pamela Wallin, Canada's Consul General to New York and Barbara Stymiest, CEO of TSX Group (which owns and operates Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange.)

Event Details:

Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Millennium Broadway Hotel New York
145 West 44th Street, New York
Tel: (212) 768-4400

To register for the event: go to http://www.tsx.com/canadaday.