This management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) reflects information known to management as at February 16, 2009. This MD&A is intended to supplement and complement our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2008, prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) (collectively, our financial statements). We also prepare a reconciliation of our Canadian GAAP annual financial statements to US GAAP, which is filed with securities regulatory authorities. You are encouraged to review our financial statements in conjunction with your review of this MD&A. Additional information relating to the company, including our most current annual information form, is available on SEDAR at sedar.com. All dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise specified. The financial information in this MD&A has been prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP, unless otherwise indicated. In addition, we use non-GAAP financial measures as supplemental indicators of our operating performance and financial position. We use these non-GAAP financial measures internally for comparing actual results from one period to another, as well as for planning purposes. We have historically reported non-GAAP financial results as supplemental information, as we believe their use provides more insight into our performance. When non-GAAP measures are used in this MD&A, they are clearly identified as a non-GAAP measure and reconciled to the most closely corresponding GAAP measure. All sensitivity analysis discussions in this MD&A address the potential impact of changes to the variables discussed for the full 2009 year.

Statements contained in this MD&A, which are not current statements or historical facts, are forward-looking statements that are based on a number of assumptions and estimates believed to be reliable but involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For more detail on these factors, see the section titled "Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information and Statements" in this MD&A.