Exhibit 1 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT Pursuant to Rule 13d-2(f)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of Loewen Financial Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, Raymond L. Loewen and Anne Loewen...

                                                                       Exhibit 1

                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT


     Pursuant to Rule 13d-2(f)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, each of Xxxxxx Financial Inc., a corporation organized under the laws
of British Columbia, Canada, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx agrees that the
Schedule 13D of which this Joint Filing Agreement is an exhibit is filed on such
person's behalf.


                              Xxxxxx Financial Inc.



                              By:    /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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                              Name:    Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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                              Title:    President
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                              /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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                              Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx



                              /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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                              Xxxx Xxxxxx