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CNQ Stock Exchange Data To Launch On Bloomberg

Canadian Trading and Quotation System Inc. ("CNQ") is pleased to announce that it is now distributing its real-time CNQ market data feed via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service. With this development, the users of the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service worldwide will have access to CNQ's real time trade, quote, market depth, market statistics and corporate information.

Robert Cook, President of CNQ: "CNQ continues to enjoy significant growth in its business and the addition of a service provider as prestigious as Bloomberg is a testament to our strengthening position not only in Canada, but now internationally. Having our data available via to the more than 250,000 Bloomberg users across the globe will dramatically increase the visibility of our exchange and its listed companies in the financial community around the world."

About CNQ

Launched in July, 2003, the Canadian Trading and Quotation System Inc. is the first stock exchange to be formally recognized in Canada in over 70 years. CNQ operates two markets: a listed market matching enhanced disclosure with a market model that fosters liquidity to meet the needs of emerging companies, their investors and investment dealers; and Pure Trading, a high performance, low cost alternative market offering trading in equity securities listed on other Canadian exchanges that will commence operations in 2006.

About Bloomberg

Bloomberg is the leading global provider of data, news and analytics. The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service and Bloomberg's media services provide real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world. Bloomberg's media services include the global BLOOMBERG NEWS® service with more than 1,900 professionals in 125 bureaus worldwide; the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® 24-hour business and financial network produced and distributed worldwide on ten separate channels in seven languages; and BLOOMBERG RADIOSM services which provide up-to-the-minute news on XM, Sirius and WorldSpace satellite radio around the world and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. In addition, Bloomberg publishes Bloomberg Markets® magazine and BLOOMBERG PRESS® books for investment professionals. For more information please visit http://www.bloomberg.com.

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