Scotia Mortgage Investment Corporation - s. 1(10)(b)

Decision

Headnote

Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Applications -- application for an order that the issuer is not a reporting issuer.

Ontario Statutes

Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as am., s. 1(10)(b).

January 4, 2008

Scotia Mortgage Investment Corporation
c/o McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Suite 4700
Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower
Toronto-Dominion Centre
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1E6

Attention : David Judson

Dear Sirs:

Re:
Scotia Mortgage Investment Corporation. (the "Applicant") - application for an order not to be a reporting issuer under the securities legislation of Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan (the "Jurisdictions")

The Applicant has applied to the local securities regulatory authority or regulator (the "Decision Maker") in each of the Jurisdictions for a decision under the securities legislation (the "Legislation") of the Jurisdictions not to be a reporting issuer in the Jurisdictions.

As the Applicant has represented to the Decision Makers that:

(a) the outstanding securities of the Applicant, including debt securities, are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by less than 15 security holders in each of the jurisdictions in Canada and less than 51 security holders in total in Canada;

(b) no securities of the Applicant are traded on a marketplace as defined in National Instrument 21-101 Marketplace Operation;

(c) the Applicant is applying for relief not to be a reporting issuer in all of the jurisdictions in Canada in which it is currently a reporting issuer; and

(d) the Applicant is not in default of any of its obligations under the Legislation as a reporting issuer,

each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the test contained in the Legislation that provides the Decision Maker with the jurisdiction to make the decision has been met and orders that the Applicant is not a reporting issuer.

"Cameron McInnis"
Manager, Corporate Finance
Ontario Securities Commission