Robert Evans Investment Counsel Limited - s. 213(3)(b) of the LTCA

Approval

Headnote

Clause 213(3)(b) of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act -- application by manager, with no prior track record acting as trustee, for approval to act as trustee of pooled funds and future pooled funds to be established and managed by the applicant and offered pursuant to a prospectus exemption.

Statutes Cited

Loan and Trust Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.25, as am., s. 213(3)(b).

December 19, 2008

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y4
Attention: John E. Hall

Dear Sirs/Mesdames:

Re:
Robert Evans Investment Counsel Limited (the "Applicant")
Application pursuant to clause 213(3)(b) of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario) for approval to act as trustee
Our File No. 2008/0804

Further to your application dated November 10, 2008 (the "Application") filed on behalf of the Applicant, and based on the facts set out in the Application, and the representation by the Applicant that the assets of one or more mutual fund trusts (the "Funds") to be established and managed by the Applicant from time to time will be held in the custody of a trust company incorporated and licensed or registered under the laws of Canada or a jurisdiction or a bank listed in Schedule I, II or III of the Bank Act (Canada) or an affiliate of such bank or trust company, the Ontario Securities Commission (the "Commission") makes the following order:

Pursuant to the authority conferred on the Commission in clause 213(3)(b) of theLoan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario), the Commission approves the proposal that the Applicant act as trustee of the Funds that may be established and managed by the Applicant from time to time, the securities of which will be offered pursuant to a prospectus exemption.

Yours truly,

"Lawrence E. Ritchie"

"James E. A. Turner"