Order: In the Matter of Hollinger Inc. et al.

      WHEREAS on March 18, 2005 the Ontario Securities Commission (the "Commission") issued a Notice of Hearing pursuant to sections 127 and 127.1 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as amended (the "Act") accompanied by a Statement of Allegations issued by Staff of the Commission ("Staff") with respect to Hollinger Inc. ("Hollinger"), Conrad M. Black ("Black"), F. David Radler ("Radler"), John A. Boultbee ("Boultbee") and Peter Y. Atkinson ("Atkinson") (collectively, the "Respondents");

      AND WHEREAS the matter was set down for a hearing to commence on Wednesday, May 18, 2005;

      AND WHEREAS the Commission granted a request for adjournment of this proceeding on consent of Staff and the Respondents from Wednesday, May 18, 2005 to Monday, June 27, 2005 in its Order dated May 10, 2005;

      AND WHEREAS on June 27, 2005, the Commission granted a further request for adjournment of this proceeding on consent of Staff and the Respondents from Monday, June 27, 2005 to Tuesday, October 11, 2005 in its Order dated June 27, 2005;

      AND WHEREAS the Commission held a contested hearing on October 11 and November 16, 2005, to determine the appropriate date for a hearing on the merits of the above matter;

      AND WHEREAS on January 24, 2006, the Commission issued its Reasons and Order setting down the matter for a hearing on the merits commencing June 2007, subject to each of the individual respondents agreeing to execute an Undertaking to the Commission to abide by interim terms of a protective nature within 30 days of that Decision;

      AND WHEREAS following the Reasons and Order dated January 24, 2006, all the individual respondents provided Undertakings in a form satisfactory to the Commission;

      AND WHEREAS on March 30, 2006, the Commission issued an order with attached Undertakings provided by the individual Respondents in a form satisfactory to the Commission, and ordered, among other things, that the hearing on the merits commence on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be fixed by the Secretary to the Commission and agreed to by the parties;

      AND WHEREAS the individual Respondents further provided to the Commission Amended Undertakings stating that each of the respondents agree to abide by interim terms of a protective nature, as set out more fully in the Amended Undertakings, pending the Commission’s final decision of liability and sanctions in the proceeding commenced by the Notice of Hearing;

      AND WHEREAS on April 4, 2007, the Commission issued an order with attached Amended Undertakings provided by the individual Respondents in a form satisfactory to the Commission, and ordered that the hearing on the merits be scheduled to take place November 12 to December 14, 2007, and January 7 to February 15, 2008;

      AND WHEREAS Black and Boultbee brought motions on the basis of certain grounds enumerated in Notices of Motion dated September 5, 2007 and September 6, 2007, respectively, requesting the following relief;

      (i) an order adjourning the hearing of this matter, currently scheduled to take place on November 12 to December 14, 2007 and January 7, to February 15, 2008; and

      (ii) an order to attend before the Commission on a date convenient in mid-December 2007, following the scheduled sentencing of the respondents Black and Boultbee in the criminal proceedings brought against them in the United States, for the purpose of obtaining further directions regarding the conduct of these proceedings;

      AND WHEREAS on September 11, 2007, the Commission granted a request for adjournment of this proceeding on consent of Staff and the Respondents, and issued an order scheduling a hearing for December 11, 2007 for the purpose of addressing the scheduling of this proceeding;

      AND WHEREAS Boultbee requested an adjournment of the hearing on December 11, 2007 to a date in January, 2008, by letter addressed to the Secretary to the Commission dated November 29, 2007, for the purpose of addressing the scheduling of this proceeding;

      AND WHEREAS on December 10, 2007, the Commission granted a request for adjournment of this proceeding on consent of Staff and the Respondents, and issued an order scheduling a hearing for January 8, 2008 for the purpose of addressing the scheduling of this proceeding;

      AND WHEREAS Black requested an adjournment of the hearing on January 8, 2008 to a date in late March 2008, by letter addressed to the Secretary to the Commission dated December 19, 2007, for the purpose of addressing the scheduling of this proceeding;

      AND WHEREAS on January 7, 2008, the Commission granted a request for adjournment of this proceeding on consent of Staff and the Respondents, and issued an order scheduling a hearing for March 28, 2008 for the purpose of addressing the scheduling of this proceeding;

      AND WHEREAS Black and Boultbee brought motions requesting an order adjourning the hearing of this matter to a convenient date in late September 2008, on the basis of certain grounds enumerated in Notices of Motion dated March 24 and March 25, 2008 respectively, including grounds related to the pending appeals of Black and Boultbee in the criminal proceedings brought against them in the United States;

      AND WHEREAS on March 27, 2008 the Commission granted the requested adjournment and scheduled a hearing for September 26, 2008;

      AND WHEREAS Boultbee brought a motion requesting an order adjourning the hearing of this matter to a convenient date in February 2009, on the basis of certain grounds enumerated in Boultbee’s Notice of Motion dated September 22, 2008, including grounds related to an intended application for a Writ of Certiorari from the Supreme Court of the United States in respect of the criminal proceedings brought against him in the United States;

      AND WHEREAS on September 26, 2008 the Commission granted the requested adjournment and scheduled a hearing for February 16, 2009;

      AND WHEREAS Boultbee brought a motion requesting an order adjourning the hearing of this matter from February 12, 2009 to a convenient date in May 2009, on the basis of certain grounds enumerated in Boultbee’s Notice of Motion dated February 2, 2009, including grounds related to the determination of Boultbee’s Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States;

      AND WHEREAS on February 16, 2009 the Commission granted the requested adjournment and scheduled a hearing for May 21, 2009;

      AND WHEREAS Boultbee has brought a motion requesting an order adjourning the hearing of this matter, on the basis of certain grounds enumerated in Boultbee’s Notice of Motion dated May 19, 2009, including grounds related to Boultbee’s pending appeal in the Supreme Court of the United States.

      AND WHEREAS on May 21, 2009 the Commission granted the requested adjournment and scheduled a hearing for July 10, 2009;

      AND WHEREAS Boultbee has requested an order adjourning the hearing of this matter until October, 2009 on the basis of the grounds enumerated in the above-mentioned Notice of Motion dated May 19, 2009;

      AND WHEREAS the Respondents and Staff of the Commission consent to the requested order;

      IT IS ORDERED THAT:

      (i) The hearing of this matter, currently scheduled for July 10, 2009, is adjourned; and

      (ii) The hearing is scheduled for October 8, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., or such other date as may be agreed to by the parties and fixed by the Secretary to the Commission, for the purpose of addressing the scheduling of this proceeding.

      DATED at Toronto this 9^th day of July, 2009