For the Canadian office, 2005 ended on a positive note in many respects. Canadian income for the month of December—as well as for the fiscal year—was very strong. The year 2005 concluded with an income of 109.3 percent of the projected budget. The month of December saw the income at 133.3 percent of the projected amount.

One of the interesting aspects of the incoming mail for 2005 was the number of Internet requests received.

In 2003, the Canadian office received 1,533 Internet/e-mail literature and subscription requests. That represented 15.7 percent of our total mail received that year. In 2004, we received 3,268 Internet/e-mail literature and subscription requests, representing 23.7 percent of the total mail.

Last year, we received 5,116 requests, representing 45.8 percent of the total mail received. This year is off to another fine start, with a record 601 Internet/e-mail requests received in the first month, out of the record 1,755 total requests.