FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT

Exhibit 99.12

Conformed Copy

Fiscal Agency Agreement

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

U.S. $1,500,000,000

2.85% BONDS, SERIES BCUSG-4, DUE JUNE 15, 2015

FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT

Dated as of April 27, 0000

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FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT dated as of April 27, 2010, between the Province of British Columbia (the “Province”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (the “Fiscal Agent”, which term includes any successor Fiscal Agent appointed in accordance with this Agreement).

1. Underwriting Agreement. The Province has entered into an underwriting agreement dated as of April 20, 2010, with the representatives of the several underwriters named therein, providing for the issue and sale by the Province of U.S.$1,500,000,000 principal amount of its 2.85% Bonds, Series BCUSG-4, Due June 15, 2015 (the “Bonds”).

2. Appointment of Fiscal Agent and Paying Agents. (a) The Province hereby appoints the Fiscal Agent, at present having its principal corporate trust office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, as fiscal agent, registrar, transfer agent and principal paying agent of the Province for the Bonds, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Fiscal Agent accepts such appointment.

(b) The Province may from time to time appoint one or more additional agents (hereinafter called a “Paying Agent” or the “Paying Agents”) for the payment (subject to the applicable laws and regulations) of the principal of and interest and Additional Amounts (which term shall mean the same herein as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds), if any, on the Bonds at such place or places as the Province may determine. Any such Paying Agent or Paying Agents appointed by the Province will have the benefit of and be subject to the provisions of this Agreement to the same extent as the Fiscal Agent in its capacity as principal paying agent. The Province may at any time terminate the appointment of any Paying Agent; provided (i) that as long as the Bonds are admitted to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc’s Regulated Market and the rules of such stock exchange or the rules of the Financial Services Authority (UK) so require, the Province will maintain a Paying Agent in the United Kingdom, and (ii) that the Province will maintain a paying agent in a Member State of the European Union that will not be obligated to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to the European Council Directive regarding the taxation of savings income (Directive 2003/48/EC) (the “Directive”) or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive. The Province will keep the Fiscal Agent informed as to the name, address, and telephone and facsimile numbers of each Paying Agent appointed by it and will notify the Fiscal Agent of the resignation or removal of any Paying Agent. The Fiscal Agent shall arrange with each Paying Agent for the payment, as provided herein, of the principal of and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Bonds on terms approved by the Province (further references herein to principal and interest shall be deemed to also refer to any Additional Amounts).

3. Form. (a) The Bonds shall initially be issued in the form of three fully registered global certificates without coupons (such registered global certificates and any registered global certificates issued upon any transfer or exchange thereof or in replacement therefor are hereinafter referred to as the “Global Bonds”). The Global Bonds shall initially be

registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and held by The Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for DTC (“DTC Custodian”). As long as DTC or its nominee is the registered holder of the Global Bonds, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner and holder of the Bonds for all purposes under this Agreement and the Global Bonds. Neither the Province nor the Fiscal Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made by DTC or any DTC direct or indirect participant, including CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc., Clearstream Banking, société anonyme and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., on account of beneficial ownership interests in the Global Bonds or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Except as provided in Section 6, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Bonds will not be entitled to have Bonds registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive Bonds in definitive registered form and will not be considered registered holders thereof under this Agreement. The Global Bonds will be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

(b) All Bonds (including the Global Bonds) shall be signed and countersigned on behalf of the Province, manually or in facsimile, by its authorized officials, and may be sealed with the manual or facsimile seal of its Ministry of Finance. In the event that any official of the Province who shall have signed or countersigned or whose facsimile signature or countersignature shall appear upon any of the Bonds shall cease to hold such office before the Bonds so signed shall actually have been authenticated, registered or delivered, such Bonds nevertheless may be authenticated, registered and delivered with the same force and effect as though such person who signed or countersigned such Bonds had not ceased to be such official of the Province. For the purposes of this Section, “facsimile” includes by engraving, lithography, printing or electronic means.

4. Authentication. The Fiscal Agent shall, upon receipt of Bonds duly executed on behalf of the Province together with a written order or orders to authenticate and deliver Bonds in a stated aggregate principal amount, (i) authenticate and register not more than the said aggregate principal amount of Bonds and deliver them in accordance with the written order or orders of the Province and (ii) thereafter authenticate, register and deliver Bonds in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5, 6 and 8. The total amount of the Bonds to be issued and outstanding at any time, whether in the form of Global Bonds or Bonds in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Bonds, shall not exceed U.S.$1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (or such lesser amount as may be determined in accordance with Section 9(d)), plus the aggregate principal amount of any additional bonds issued by the Province pursuant to any supplement hereto in accordance with Section 15.

5. Registration, Transfers and Exchanges. (a) The Fiscal Agent, as agent of the Province for such purpose, shall at all times keep at its office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York or at such other office reasonably satisfactory to the Province (the “Fiscal Agent’s Office”) a register (the “Register”) for the initial registration and registration of transfers and exchanges of Bonds, in which shall be entered the names and addresses of the registered holders of Bonds and the particulars of the Bonds held by them. Subject to Section 6, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Bond at the Fiscal Agent’s Office, the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate, register and deliver, in the name of the transferee or transferees, a new Bond or Bonds for a like aggregate principal amount in accordance with the provisions of the Bonds.

Subject to Section 6, upon surrender of any Bond at the Fiscal Agent’s Office for exchange the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate, register and deliver, in exchange for such Bond, a new Bond or Bonds of the appropriate authorized denomination or denominations and for a like aggregate principal amount in accordance with the provisions of the Bonds. The Province and the Fiscal Agent shall not be required to make any exchange of Bonds if, as a result thereof, the Province may incur adverse tax or other similar consequences under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in effect at the time of the exchange.

(b) All new Bonds authenticated and delivered by the Fiscal Agent upon registration of transfer or in exchange for Bonds of other denominations shall be dated so that neither gain nor loss of interest shall result from such registration of transfer or exchange.

(c) All Bonds presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or payment shall be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent, which form shall be in accordance with the prevailing United States transfer regulations and practices and duly executed by the registered holder or its duly authorized attorney.

(d) The Fiscal Agent shall not impose any service charge on the registered holder for any such registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds other than reasonable fees for the replacement of lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed Bond certificates; however, the Province may require of the party requesting such transfer or exchange, as a condition precedent to the exercise of any right of transfer or exchange contained in this Agreement or in the Bonds, the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. In addition, owners of beneficial interests in the Bonds may incur fees payable in respect of the maintenance and operation of the book-entry accounts in which such interests are held with the clearing systems.

(e) The Province and the Fiscal Agent shall deem and treat the person in whose name a Bond is registered as the absolute owner of such Bond for all purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bond is overdue, and neither the Province or the Fiscal Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments to or on the order of the registered holder of any Bond are valid and effectual to discharge the liability of the Province or the Fiscal Agent on such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums paid.

(f) The Fiscal Agent shall not be required to register any transfer or exchange of Bonds during the period from any Record Date to the next following Interest Payment Date and for the purposes of any interest payment made on an Interest Payment Date in accordance with Section 7(b) or (c), such payment shall be made to those persons in whose names the Bonds are registered at the close of business on the Record Date. In this Agreement, the terms “Interest Payment Date” and “Record Date” will bear the meanings ascribed to them in the Bonds.

6. Special Provisions Relating to Global Bonds. (a) Unless a Global Bond is presented by an authorized representative of DTC to the Province or the Fiscal Agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any replacement Global Bond issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is

requested by such authorized representative), any transfer, pledge or other use of the Global Bond for value or otherwise shall be wrongful since the registered holder thereof has an interest therein.

(b) Except as provided in this subsection (b), Bonds will not be issued in definitive registered form. If at any time DTC notifies the Province that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Bonds or if at any time DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise ceases to be eligible to be a depositary, the Province shall appoint a successor depositary with respect to the Global Bonds. If a successor depositary for the Global Bonds is not appointed by the Province within 90 days after the Province receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Province shall execute Bonds in definitive registered form, and the Fiscal Agent, upon receipt thereof, shall authenticate and deliver such Bonds in definitive registered form without coupons, in minimum denominations of U.S.$5,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 for amounts in excess of U.S.$5,000, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Global Bonds as of the exchange date.

The Province may at any time and in its sole discretion determine not to have any of the Bonds held in the form of the Global Bonds. In such event, the Province shall execute Bonds in definitive registered form without coupons, in minimum denominations of U.S.$5,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 for amounts in excess of U.S.$5,000, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Global Bonds as of the exchange date, and the Fiscal Agent, upon receipt thereof, shall authenticate such Bonds in definitive registered form and deliver them in accordance with this section.

Upon the exchange of the Global Bonds for Bonds in definitive registered form, the Fiscal Agent shall cancel such Global Bonds and shall reduce the holdings of Cede & Co. on the Register to nil. Bonds in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Bonds pursuant to this section shall be registered in such names as DTC, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Fiscal Agent or the Province. The Fiscal Agent shall deliver such Bonds in definitive registered form to or as directed by the persons in whose names such definitive registered Bonds are so registered and shall direct all payments to be made in respect of such Bonds in definitive registered form to the registered holders thereof on or after such exchange regardless of whether such exchange occurred after the Record Date for such payment.

All Bonds in definitive registered form issued upon the exchange of the Global Bonds shall be valid obligations of the Province, evidencing the same debt, entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same terms and conditions (except insofar as they relate specifically to the Global Bonds) as the Global Bonds surrendered upon such exchange.

(c) The Global Bonds may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee.

7. Payment. (a) The Province will pay to the Fiscal Agent, in immediately available funds, in United States dollars, to an account to be specified by the Fiscal Agent, on the day on which the same shall become due (or the next succeeding Business Day if such due date

falls upon a day which is not a Business Day), all amounts to be paid on the Bonds for principal and interest on that date as required by the terms of the Bonds, and the Province hereby authorizes and directs the Fiscal Agent, from the funds so paid to it, to make payment of the principal and interest in respect of the Bonds in accordance with their terms and the provisions set forth below. For the purposes of this Section 7(a), “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which banking institutions in Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Toronto, Ontario are not authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close. If the Bonds have been issued in definitive form and a date for payment is a Business Day, but is a day on which any Paying Agent is closed at the applicable place of payment, a registered holder will not be entitled to payment at such location until the next succeeding day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which banking institutions in such place of payment are not authorized or obligated by law or regulation to be closed and no further interest shall be paid in respect of the delay in such payment.

(b) Payment of principal and interest on the Global Bonds shall be made by the Fiscal Agent to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, in accordance with the regular procedures established from time to time by DTC and the Fiscal Agent.

(c) Payment of principal in respect of Bonds in definitive registered form issued pursuant to Section 6(b) shall be made at the Fiscal Agent’s Office. Payment of interest due on an Interest Payment Date will be made by forwarding by post or otherwise delivering a cheque to the registered addresses of registered holders of Bonds, or, at the option of the Province if requested by a registered holder, otherwise transferring funds to such registered holder. Such cheque shall be dated the due date for payment and made payable to the order of the registered holder or, in the case of joint registered holders, to the order of all such joint holders (failing instructions from them to the contrary) and shall be sent to the address of that one of such joint holders whose name stands first in the Register as one of such joint holders. In the case of payments of interest due on an Interest Payment Date, the Fiscal Agent shall mail or otherwise deliver such cheques to the names and addresses of registered holders of Bonds sufficiently in advance of the relevant due date for payment that receipt of such cheques by registered holders on or before the relevant due date is reasonably assured. In the case of payments of interest due on a Redemption Date (which term shall mean the same herein as defined in the terms and conditions of the Form of Global Bond attached hereto as Exhibit 1), which is not an Interest Payment Date, the interest payments in respect of the Bonds shall be made at the Fiscal Agent’s Office, together with the principal thereof.

(d) All monies paid to the Fiscal Agent under Section 7(a) shall be held by it in a separate account from the moment when such monies are received until the time of actual payment, in trust for the registered holders of Bonds, to be applied by the Fiscal Agent to payments due on the Bonds at the time and in the manner provided for in this Agreement and the Bonds. Any money deposited with the Fiscal Agent for the payment of the principal or interest in respect of any Bond remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or interest shall have become due and payable shall be repaid to the Province (with interest calculated in accordance with arrangements to be made between the Province and the Fiscal Agent from time to time) and the registered holder of a Bond may thereafter look only to the Province for any payment to which such holder may be entitled.

(e) Any payment made to or for the account of the Fiscal Agent or any registered holder of Bonds in respect of any amount payable by the Province pursuant to the Bonds or this Agreement in any currency (the “Original Currency”) which payment is made in another currency (the “Other Currency”) pursuant to any judgment or order of a Court or tribunal of any jurisdiction, shall constitute a discharge to the Province only to the extent of the amount of the Original Currency which the Fiscal Agent or the registered holder, as the case may be, acting in a reasonably prompt manner, is able to purchase with the Other Currency so received. The Province shall, as a separate and independent obligation which shall not be merged in any such judgment or order, pay or cause to be paid the amount not so discharged in accordance with this subsection (e) and indemnify each of the Fiscal Agent or the registered holder in question against any loss or damage as a result of any such amount being paid in the Other Currency.

8. Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost Certificates. (a) If any Bond certificate is mutilated, defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost, application for replacement may be made to the Fiscal Agent at the Fiscal Agent’s Office who shall promptly transmit such application to the Province. Such application shall be accompanied by the mutilated or defaced certificate or proof, satisfactory to the Province in its discretion, of the destruction, theft or loss of the certificate, and upon receipt by the Province of an indemnity satisfactory to it, the Province shall execute a new certificate of like tenor, and upon written instructions from the Province, the Fiscal Agent shall thereupon cancel the mutilated or defaced certificate or adjust the Register to reflect the destruction, theft or loss of a certificate, as the case may be, and authenticate, register and deliver such new certificate in exchange for the mutilated or defaced certificate or in substitution for the destroyed, stolen or lost certificate. Such replacement certificate shall be dated so that neither gain nor loss of interest will result from such exchange or substitution. All expenses associated with procuring any indemnity and with the preparation, authentication and delivery of a replacement certificate will be borne by the registered holder of the mutilated, defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost Bond certificate.

(b) Whenever any Bond, alleged to have been destroyed, stolen or lost for which a replacement Bond has been issued, is presented to the Fiscal Agent for payment on the Maturity Date (as defined herein), the Redemption Date or for registration of transfer or exchange, the Fiscal Agent shall promptly notify the Province in respect thereof and shall deal with such Bond only in accordance with the Province’s instructions.

9. Maturity, Redemption and Purchases. (a) Unless previously redeemed for tax reasons as provided in the terms and conditions of the Bonds, or repurchased by the Province as provided below in subsection (c), the principal amount of the Bonds is due and payable on June 15, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”).

(b) In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bonds, upon receipt of a notice to redeem and a certificate of the Province, as set forth in the Bonds, the Fiscal Agent shall on behalf of the Province cause to be given to registered holders of the Bonds in accordance with Section 19(b), not less than 30 days and no more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, a notice of redemption stating: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the redemption price; and (iii) if applicable, the place or places of surrender of the Bonds to be redeemed.

(c) The Province may, if not in default under the Bonds, at any time purchase Bonds in the open market, or by tender or by private contract, at any price, in accordance with applicable law and, if definitive Bonds have been issued in accordance with Section 6, the Province may cause the Fiscal Agent to cancel any Bonds so purchased.

(d) If the Province elects to cancel any Bonds purchased by it when Bonds are held in the form of a Global Bond, it may require the Fiscal Agent to register such cancellation and to reduce the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Global Bonds in accordance with the regular procedures of DTC in effect at such time. In addition, upon the Province’s cancellation of any such Bonds, (i) the Fiscal Agent shall deem that the maximum amount of the Bonds to be issued and outstanding at any time (as described in Section 4) has been reduced by the principal amount of the Bonds so cancelled and (ii) if the principal amount of Bonds so cancelled equals or exceeds the principal amount of the last Global Bond (in sequential order by certificate number) and the Province so instructs, the Fiscal Agent shall, in accordance with its customary procedures, cancel such Global Bond, to reflect the reduction of the maximum amount of the Bonds to be issued and outstanding at any time.

10. Cancellation and Destruction. All Bonds which are paid on the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange for other certificates, shall be cancelled by the Fiscal Agent who shall register such cancellation. The Fiscal Agent shall, as soon as practicable after the date of cancellation of Bonds under this section or Section 8(a) or the date that the Register is adjusted to reflect the destruction, theft or loss of a certificate pursuant to Section 8(a), upon the written request of the Province, furnish the Province with a certificate or certificates of cancellation stating the serial numbers and total number of Bonds that have been cancelled. The Fiscal Agent shall destroy all cancelled Bonds in its possession in accordance with the written instructions of the Province and shall, upon the written request of the Province, furnish to the Province, on a timely basis, a certificate or certificates of destruction stating the serial numbers, dollar value and total number of all Bonds destroyed hereunder.

11. (a) Limit on Liability. In acting under this Agreement, the Fiscal Agent is acting solely as agent of the Province and does not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the holders of the Bonds, except that all funds held by the Fiscal Agent for payment of principal or interest shall be held in trust for the registered holders of Bonds as provided in this Agreement.

(b) Rights and Liabilities of Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent shall incur no liability for, or in respect of, any action taken, omitted to be taken or suffered by it in reliance upon any Bond, certificate, affidavit, instruction, notice, request, direction, order, statement or other paper, document or communication reasonably believed by it to be genuine. Any order, certificate, affidavit, instruction, notice, request, direction, statement or other communication from the Province made or given by it and sent, delivered or directed to the Fiscal Agent under, pursuant to, or as permitted by, any provision of this Agreement shall be sufficient for purposes of this Agreement if such communication is in writing and signed by any authorized officer or attorney-in-fact of the Province.

(c) Right of Fiscal Agent to Own Bonds. The Fiscal Agent and its officers, directors and employees, may become the holder of, or acquire any interest in, any Bonds, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the Fiscal Agent, or they were not such officers, directors or employees, and may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Province and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Bonds or other obligations of the Province as freely as if it were not the Fiscal Agent hereunder or they were not such officers, directors or employees.

(d) Force Majeure. Neither the Fiscal Agent nor the Province shall be liable for any loss or damage resulting from the failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any term or condition herein if such failure is due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of the party relying on such cause, for so long as such cause may continue to cause such failure, including, without limitation, war, acts of terrorism, civil commotion, military disturbances, acts of God, fire, nuclear or natural catastrophes, third party labour disturbances, or any similar cause beyond the reasonable control of such party. Each party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give notice to the other party as soon as reasonably possible of the occurrence of an event of force majeure as described under this provision and a summary of the action to be taken by it as a result of such event; provided, however, that such notice or failure to give such notice shall not in any way suspend or otherwise affect the operation of this provision.

Notwithstanding the foregoing,

(i) each party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain contingency plans in place to either mitigate or negate the effects of any such event; and

(ii) each party shall at all times use commercially reasonable efforts to fully perform its obligations hereunder.

(e) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY (i) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF SUCH A SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (ii) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTY HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT.

(f) Disclaimer of Liability for Consequential or Punitive Damages. Neither the Fiscal Agent nor the Province shall be liable for any indirect, punitive, consequential or exemplary damages (including but not limited to loss of profits) regardless of the cause of action.

12. Expenses and Indemnity. (a) In connection with the Fiscal Agent’s appointment and duties under this Agreement and the Bonds, the Province will pay the Fiscal

Agent compensation in an amount separately agreed upon by the Province and the Fiscal Agent, subject to the provisions of the Financial Administration Act (British Columbia). The Province will indemnify and hold harmless the Fiscal Agent against all claims, actions, demands, damages, costs, losses and liabilities which may be incurred by the Fiscal Agent by reason of, or in connection with, the Fiscal Agent’s appointment and duties as such, except as such result from any negligent act or omission, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Fiscal Agent or its directors, officers, employees or agents. In addition, the Province shall, pursuant to arrangements separately agreed upon by the Province and the Fiscal Agent, transfer to the Fiscal Agent, upon presentation of substantiating documentation satisfactory to the Province, amounts sufficient to reimburse the Fiscal Agent for certain out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with its services. The obligation of the Province under this subsection shall survive payment of the Bonds and resignation or removal of the Fiscal Agent.

(b) The Fiscal Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Province against all claims, actions, demands, damages, costs, losses and liabilities arising out of or relating to any negligent act or omission, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Fiscal Agent or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. The obligations of the Fiscal Agent under this subsection shall survive payment of the Bonds and resignation or removal of the Fiscal Agent.

(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt notice to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought under this Agreement but failure to so notify any indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defence of such action. If it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, an indemnifying party may assume the defence of such action with legal advisors chosen by it and approved by the indemnified party defendant in such action, unless such indemnified party reasonably objects to such assumption on the ground that there may be legal defences available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to such indemnifying party (in which case, the indemnified party shall be entitled to retain its own counsel), but an indemnifying party may not settle any action commenced against an indemnified party without the written consent of the indemnified party. In order to be entitled to an indemnity with respect to a claim hereunder, an indemnified party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to such pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnifying party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action, suit or proceeding). If any indemnifying party assumes the defence of any such action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable for any fees or expenses of the legal advisors of the indemnified party incurred thereafter in connection with such action. In no event shall the indemnifying party be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one legal advisor for the indemnified party in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances.

13. (a) Successor Fiscal Agent. The Province agrees that there shall at all times be a Fiscal Agent hereunder which shall be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of the State of New York applicable therein and be in good standing and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust

powers; provided that the Province may choose to act at any time as its own fiscal agent, transfer agent, registrar and principal paying agent.

The Fiscal Agent shall not transfer or assign this Agreement or any interest or obligation herein without the Province’s prior written consent. Any corporation into which the Fiscal Agent may be amalgamated, merged or converted, or any corporation with which the Fiscal Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any amalgamation, merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Fiscal Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business provided that it shall be qualified as described in subsection (a), shall be the successor Fiscal Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto, but subject to prior notice to and the prior approval of the Province.

(b) Resignation and Removal. The Fiscal Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice to the Province of its resignation, specifying the date on which its resignation shall become effective (which shall not be less than 60 days after the date on which such notice is given unless the Province shall agree to a shorter period); provided that no such notice shall expire less than 30 days before or 30 days after the due date for any payment of principal or interest in respect of the Bonds. The Province may remove the Fiscal Agent at any time by giving written notice to the Fiscal Agent specifying the date on which such removal shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall only take effect upon the appointment by the Province of a successor Fiscal Agent qualified as describe in subsection (a) and upon the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Fiscal Agent. Any Paying Agent may resign or may be removed at any time upon like notice, and the Province in any case may appoint in substitution therefor a new Paying Agent or Paying Agents.

(c) Bankruptcy or Insolvency of Fiscal Agent. The appointment of the Fiscal Agent hereunder shall forthwith terminate, whether or not notice of such termination shall have been given, if at any time the Fiscal Agent becomes incapable of performing its duties hereunder, or is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or consents to the appointment of a liquidator or receiver of all or any substantial part of its property or admits in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature or suspends payment thereof, or if a resolution is passed or an order made for the winding up or dissolution of the Fiscal Agent, or if a liquidator or receiver of the Fiscal Agent of all or any substantial part of its property is appointed or if any order of any court is entered approving any petition filed by or against it under the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, or if any public officer takes charge or control of the Fiscal Agent or its property or affairs for the purposes of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation.

(d) Appointment of Successor. Prior to the effective date of any such resignation or removal of the Fiscal Agent, or if the Fiscal Agent shall become unable to act as such or shall cease to be qualified as described in subsection (a), the Province shall appoint a successor Fiscal Agent qualified as described in subsection (a). Upon the appointment of a successor Fiscal Agent and its acceptance of such appointment, the retiring Fiscal Agent shall, at the direction of the Province and upon payment of its compensation and expenses then unpaid, deliver and pay over to its successor any and all securities, money and other properties then in its possession as Fiscal Agent and shall thereupon cease to act hereunder.

(e) Payment of Certain Fiscal Agent’s Fees Upon Termination. If the Fiscal Agent resigns pursuant to Section 13(b) of this Agreement or ceases to act hereunder pursuant to Section 13(c) of this Agreement, the Fiscal Agent shall only be entitled to any annual fees otherwise payable to it under this Agreement on a pro rata basis for that period since the most recent anniversary of this Agreement during which the Fiscal Agent has acted hereunder. In the event that the Fiscal Agent ceases to act as the Province’s fiscal agent hereunder for any other reason, the Fiscal Agent shall be entitled to receive the full amount of the annual fees payable to it pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement.

(f) Notices to Registered Holders. The Province shall notify the registered holders of Bonds pursuant to the notice provisions in Section 19(b), in the event: (i) a successor Fiscal Agent or any Paying Agent is appointed pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) the Fiscal Agent or any Paying Agent resigns or is removed by the Province.

14. Meetings of Registered Holders of Bonds. (a) The Fiscal Agent shall convene a meeting of the registered holders of the Bonds for any lawful purpose affecting their interests upon receipt of a written request of the Province or a written request signed in one or more counterparts by the registered holders of not less than 10% of the principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding and upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Province or the registered holders of the Bonds signing such request, as the case may be, against the costs which may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting. If the Fiscal Agent fails to give notice convening such meeting within 30 days after receipt of such request and indemnity, the Province or such registered holders of Bonds, as the case may be, may convene such meeting. Every such meeting shall be held at such place as may be approved or determined by the Province.

(b) At least 30 days’ notice of any meeting shall be given to the registered holders of the Bonds in the manner provided pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Bonds by the party seeking to convene the meeting and a copy thereof shall be sent by post to the Fiscal Agent unless the meeting has been called by the Fiscal Agent, and to the Province, unless the meeting has been called by the Province. Such notice shall state the time, place and purpose of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting, and shall include a statement to the effect that, prior to 48 hours to the time fixed for the meeting, (i) in the case of Bonds issued in the form of a Global Bond, those persons recorded in the Register, or (ii) in the limited circumstances in which Bonds in definitive registered form have been issued, those registered holders of Bonds who deposited their Bonds with the Fiscal Agent or any other person authorized for such purpose by the Fiscal Agent or the Province, shall be entitled to obtain voting certificates for appointing proxies (subject to such procedures and requirements as the Province and the Fiscal Agent may prescribe), but it shall not be necessary for any such notice to set out the terms of any resolution to be proposed at such meeting or any other provisions.

(c) A registered holder of Bonds may appoint any person by instrument in writing as the holder’s proxy in respect of a meeting of the registered holders of Bonds or any adjournment of such meeting, and such proxy shall have all rights of the registered holder of Bonds in respect of such meeting. All written notices to DTC of meetings shall contain a requirement that the registered holders of Bonds must notify clearing system participants and, if known, beneficial owners of Bonds of the meeting in accordance with procedures established

from time to time by such clearing systems. The registered holders of Bonds shall seek voting instructions on the matters to be raised at such meeting from the clearing system participants or, if known, from the beneficial owners of Bonds.

(d) Some person, who need not be a registered holder of Bonds, nominated in writing by the Fiscal Agent, shall be chair of the meeting and if no person is so nominated or if the person so nominated is not present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for the holding of the meeting, the registered holders of the Bonds present in person or by proxy shall choose some person present to be chair, and, failing such choice, the Province may appoint a chair.

(e) At a meeting of registered holders of Bonds, a quorum shall consist of one or more registered holders of Bonds present in person or by proxy who represent at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds. If a quorum of the registered holders of Bonds shall not be present within one-half hour after the time fixed for holding any meeting, the meeting, if convened by or at the request of registered holders of Bonds, shall be dissolved, but if otherwise convened the meeting shall stand adjourned without notice to the same day in the next week (unless such day is not a business day in the place where the meeting is to take place, in which case it shall stand adjourned until the next such business day following thereafter) at the same time and place unless the chair appoints some other place, or some other day or time of which not less than 7 days’ notice shall be given in the manner provided above. At the adjourned meeting one or more registered holders of Bonds present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened notwithstanding that they may not represent at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds.

(f) The chair of any meeting at which a quorum of the registered holders of Bonds is present may, with the consent of registered holders represented at the meeting of at least a majority in principal amount of the Bonds held by persons present at the meeting in person or by proxy, adjourn the meeting and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such notice, if any, as the meeting may prescribe.

(g) Every motion or question submitted to a meeting (except a motion to adjourn the meeting pursuant to subsection (f)) shall be decided by Extraordinary Resolution (as defined below) and in the first place by the votes given on a show of hands. At any such meeting, unless a poll is duly demanded as herein provided, a declaration by the chair that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive of the fact. On any question submitted to a meeting when ordered by the chair or demanded by a show of hands by one or more registered holders of Bonds acting in person or by proxy and holding at least 2% in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds, a poll shall be taken in such manner as the chair shall direct.

(h) On a poll each registered holder of Bonds present in person or represented by a proxy duly appointed by an instrument in writing shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Bonds of which the person shall then be the registered holder. A proxy need not be a holder of Bonds. In the case of Bonds held jointly, any one of the joint registered holders in person or by proxy may vote in the absence of the other or others; but

in case more than one of them be present in person or by proxy, only one of them may vote in respect of each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Bonds of which they are joint registered holders.

(i) The Province and the Fiscal Agent, by their authorized representatives, officers and directors, and the financial and legal advisors of the Province and the Fiscal Agent may attend any meeting of the registered holders of Bonds, but shall have no vote as such.

(j) Except as set forth in Section 18, the registered holders of the Bonds may by Extraordinary Resolution (as defined below) agree with the Province to modify or amend this Agreement and the Bonds (including the terms and conditions thereof). An Extraordinary Resolution duly passed at any such meeting shall be binding on all registered holders of Bonds, whether present or not; provided however, no such modification or amendment to this Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Bonds shall, without the consent of the registered holder of each such Bond affected thereby: (a) change the Maturity Date of any such Bond or change any Interest Payment Date; (b) reduce the principal amount of any such Bond or the rate of interest payable thereon; (c) change the currency of payment of any such Bond; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Bond; or (e) reduce the percentage of the principal amount of Bonds necessary for the taking of any action, including modification or amendment of this Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Bonds, or reduce the quorum required at any meeting of registered holders of Bonds.

The term “Extraordinary Resolution” is defined as a resolution passed at a meeting of registered holders of Bonds held in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Bonds by the affirmative vote of the registered holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and voting on the resolution or as an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by the registered holders or not less than 66-2/3% in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds. The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution is one or more registered holders of Bonds present in person or by proxy who represent at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds, or at any adjourned meeting called by the Province or the Fiscal Agent, one or more persons being or representing registered holders of Bonds whatever the principal amount of the Bonds so held or represented.

Every Extraordinary Resolution passed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement at a meeting of registered holders of Bonds shall be binding upon all the holders of Bonds, whether present at or absent from such meeting, and every instrument in writing signed by registered holders of Bonds in accordance with this subsection (j) shall be binding upon all the registered holders of Bonds (whether or nor a signatory). Subject to the provisions for its indemnity herein contained, the Fiscal Agent shall be bound to give effect accordingly to every such Extraordinary Resolution.

(k) Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting of registered holders of Bonds held in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be made and entered in books to be from time to time provided for that purpose by the Fiscal Agent and any such minutes, if signed by the chair of the meeting at which such resolutions were passed or proceedings taken, or by the chair of the next succeeding meeting of the registered holders of Bonds, shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated and, until the contrary is

proved, every such meeting, in respect of the proceedings of which minutes shall have been made, shall be deemed to have been duly held and convened, and all resolutions passed and proceedings taken at the meeting to have been duly passed and taken.

(l) The Fiscal Agent, or the Province with the approval of the Fiscal Agent, may from time to time make and from time to time vary such regulations as it shall from time to time deem fit:

(i) for the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at such place as the Fiscal Agent, or the Province with the approval of the Fiscal Agent, may direct; and

(ii) for the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at some approved place or places other than the place at which the meeting is to be held and enabling particulars of such instruments appointing proxies to be mailed or sent by facsimile transmission or another means of recorded communication before the meeting to the Province or to the Fiscal Agent at the place where the same is to be held and for the voting of proxies so deposited as though the instruments themselves were produced at the meeting.

Any regulations so made shall be binding and effective and votes given in accordance therewith shall be valid and shall be counted. Save as such regulations may provide, the only persons who shall be entitled to vote at a meeting of registered holders of Bonds shall be the registered holders thereof or their duly appointed proxies.

15. Further Issues. The Province may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the registered holders of the Bonds, create and issue further bonds ranking equally and ratably with the Bonds in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further bonds or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such further bonds) and so that such further bonds shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Bonds and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Bonds. Any such further bonds shall be issued with the benefit of an agreement supplemental to this Agreement.

16. Reports. The Fiscal Agent shall furnish to the Province such reports as may be reasonably required by the Province relative to the Fiscal Agent’s performance under this Agreement. The Province may, whenever it deems it necessary, but only during normal business hours and upon 24 hours prior written notice, inspect any books and records maintained by the Fiscal Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

17. Forwarding of Notice. If the Fiscal Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Province pursuant to the provisions of the Bonds, the Fiscal Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to the Province.

18. Amendments. This Agreement and the Bonds may be amended or supplemented by the parties hereto, without notice to or the consent of the registered holder of any Bond, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any

defective provisions contained herein or in the Bonds, or effecting the issue of further bonds as described under Section 15, or in any other manner which the Province may deem necessary or desirable and which, in the reasonable opinion of the parties hereto, shall not adversely affect the interests of holders of Bonds.

19. Notices. (a) Any communication from the Province to the Fiscal Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to The Bank of New York Mellon, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000/5803 and any communications from the Fiscal Agent to the Province with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to the Ministry of Finance, Provincial Treasury, X.X. Xxx 0000 Stn. Prov. Govt., 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0X0, Attention: Debt Management Branch; Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000 (or such other address or facsimile number as shall be specified in writing by the Fiscal Agent or by the Province, as the case may be) and shall be delivered in person or sent by first class prepaid post or by facsimile transmission subject, in the case of facsimile transmission, to confirmation by telephone, to the foregoing addresses or using the forgoing facsimile numbers. Such notice shall take effect in the case of delivery in person, at the time of delivery, in the case of delivery by first class prepaid post 7 business days (in the place of posting) after dispatch and in the case of delivery by facsimile transmission, at the time of confirmation by telephone.

(b) All notices to the registered holders of Bonds will be published by or on behalf of the Province in English in the Financial Times in London, England (if and for so long as the Bonds are admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange plc and the rules of the London Stock Exchange plc so require), The Wall Street Journal in New York, U.S.A. and The Globe and Mail in Canada. If at any time publication in any such newspaper is not practicable, notices will be valid if published in an English language newspaper with general circulation in the respective market regions as the Province, with the approval of the Fiscal Agent, shall determine. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once on different dates, on the first date on which publication is made. Written notice will also be given to DTC, provided at the time of such notice the Bonds are represented by the Global Bonds. If the Bonds are being held in definitive form, notices will be validly given if sent by first class prepaid post addressed to the registered holders thereof at their respective addresses appearing in the Register and if, in the case of joint holders of any Bond, more than one address appears in the Register in respect of such joint holding, such notice shall be addressed only to the first address so appearing. Any notice so given shall be deemed to have been given on the day on which it has been sent by post.

20. References. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, references in this Agreement to sections or subsections are to sections or subsections of this Agreement.

21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and a counterpart may be delivered by facsimile transmission. Each counterpart shall be deemed an original and together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

22. Headings. The headings for the sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement.

23. Enurement. This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

24. Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement for the sole benefit of one party to this Agreement may be waived in whole or in part by that party without prejudice to that party’s rights in the event of a breach of any other provision of this Agreement. The waiver by either party of any provision of this Agreement shall not be taken or held to be a waiver of any further breach of the same provision. A wavier shall be binding on the waiving party only if it is in writing.

25. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Fiscal Agency Agreement as of the date first above written.

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

By		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
	Title:	Deputy Minister of Finance


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Fiscal Agent, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent

By		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx Xxxxx
	Title:	Assistant Vice President

Exhibit 1

[Form of Global Bond]

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (55 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx) (the “Depository”), to the Province (as defined below) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

CANADA

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

ISSUE OF 2.85% BONDS, SERIES BCUSG-4, DUE JUNE 15, 2015 ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT, CHAPTER 138, REVISED STATUTES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1996, AS AMENDED, AND AN ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

REGISTERED NO. 0001

CUSIP: 110709 8W5

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
2.85% BOND, SERIES BCUSG-4, DUE June 15, 2015

The Province of British Columbia (the “Province”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (U.S.$500,000,000) (the “Principal Amount”) in the lawful money of the United States of America on June 15, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”) or on such earlier date as the Principal Amount may become payable hereunder (the “Redemption Date”) and to pay interest thereon at the rate of 2.85% per annum from and including April 27, 2010 together with Additional Amounts (as defined herein), if any, until the Principal Amount is paid, in semi-annual installments in arrears on the 15th day of June and the 15th day of December in each year commencing on June 15, 2010 (each such date an “Interest Payment Date”) until and including the Maturity Date, all in accordance with the terms of this Global Bond.

registrar, transfer agent and principal paying agent appointed in accordance with the Fiscal Agency Agreement) to which Fiscal Agency Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, duties and immunities of the Province, the Fiscal Agent and registered holders of the Bonds and the terms upon which the Bonds are, and are to be, authenticated, registered and delivered. The Bonds and the Fiscal Agency Agreement together constitute a contract, all the terms and conditions of which the registered holders by acceptance hereof assent to and are deemed to have notice of. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Fiscal Agency Agreement.

The Bonds are issued under the authority of the Financial Administration Act, Revised Statutes of British Columbia 1996, Chapter 138, as amended, and an Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council of British Columbia. The Bonds shall for all purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

The Bonds are direct and unconditional general obligations of the Province. The Bonds are not secured but rank equally and ratably with all other general obligations of the Province outstanding from time to time without any preference granted by the Province. Payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds will be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of British Columbia.

Interest on the Bonds will accrue from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from and including April 27, 2010, until the principal thereof has been paid or duly made available for payment. Any overdue principal or interest on the Bonds shall bear interest at the rate of 2.85% per annum (both before and, subject to applicable law, after judgment) until paid, or if earlier, when the full amount of the monies payable has been received by the Fiscal Agent and notice to that effect has been given in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, will be paid to the persons in whose names the Bonds are registered at the close of business on May 31 or November 30 (each a “Record Date”) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. If the Bonds become redeemable prior to maturity in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Global Bond, any interest payable under the Bonds on a Redemption Date which is not an Interest Payment Date will be payable to the persons in whose names the Bonds are registered on the Redemption Date. Interest payments on the Bonds will include interest accrued to but excluding the dates on which such interest payments are due. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed.

If the Maturity Date, the Redemption Date or any Interest Payment Date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, the registered holder of the Bonds shall not be entitled to payment until the next following Business Day, and no additional interest shall accrue as a result of any such delay in payment. If a Record Date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, then that Record Date shall be deemed to be the immediately preceding Business Day. For the purposes of this paragraph, “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which banking institutions in Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Toronto, Ontario are not authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close.

The principal of the Bonds is payable to the registered holders thereof on the Maturity Date or the Redemption Date. Payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds will be made in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds will be made by the Province in immediately available funds and, in the case of payments under this Global Bond, will be made directly to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, for payment to DTC participants in accordance with customary procedures established from time to time by DTC and the Fiscal Agent. Upon all payments having been made by the Province as required herein, this Global Bond shall be void and of no further effect, whether or not this Global Bond has been marked “cancelled” or delivered for cancellation to the Province or the Fiscal Agent.

All payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds will be made by the Province without withholding of or deduction for, or on account of, any present taxes or duties of whatever nature imposed or levied by Canada, or any province, political subdivision or taxing authority therein or thereof. If, as a result of the laws of Canada, or any province or political subdivision thereof, the official application of such laws or the regulations of any taxing authority therein or thereof or any treaty affecting taxation to which Canada is a party or the official application thereof, the Province shall be required to deduct or withhold any taxes or duties from any payments due under the Bonds, the Province (subject to its right of redemption described herein) will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that every net payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds will be not less than the amount provided for in the Bonds. The Province shall not, however, be obliged to pay such Additional Amounts on account of any such taxes or duties:

(a) to which a beneficial owner of a Bond is subject otherwise than merely by the ownership of Bonds or the receipt of income therefrom; or

(b) which become payable as a result of any Bond being presented for payment on a date more than 30 days after the Relevant Date except to the extent that the registered holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts on presenting the same for payment on such thirtieth day. For this purpose, the “Relevant Date” means:

(i) the date on which the payment in respect of the Bonds first becomes due; or

(ii) if the full amount of the monies payable shall not have been duly provided to the Fiscal Agent on or prior to such due date, the date on which such monies shall have been so provided; or

(c) where such withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to an individual and is required to be made pursuant to the Directive or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive; or

(d) by or on behalf of a holder who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting (where presentation is required) the relevant Bond to another paying agent in a Member State of the European Union.

References in this Global Bond to principal and interest shall include such Additional Amounts.

The principal amount of the Bonds is due and payable on June 15, 2015. The Bonds are not redeemable prior to maturity unless certain events occur involving Canadian taxation as provided below and are not repayable at the option of registered holders prior to maturity. The Province’s obligation to pay an amount of interest on the Bonds will cease if a claim for the payment of such interest is not made within the lesser of six years, or the period prescribed by law, after the date on which such interest becomes due and payable. The Province’s obligation to pay the principal amount of the Bonds will cease if a claim for the payment of such principal is not made within the lesser of six years, or the period prescribed by law, after the date on which such principal becomes due and payable.

The Bonds may be redeemed at the option of the Province in whole, but not in part, at any time, on giving not less than 30 days’ and not more than 60 days’ notice to registered holders of Bonds in accordance with the Fiscal Agency Agreement (which notice shall be irrevocable), at 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date, if (a) the Province has or will become obliged to pay Additional Amounts as provided above, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of Canada, or any province or political subdivision thereof, or any authority thereof or agency therein having power to tax, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after April 20, 2010, and (b) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Province taking reasonable measures available to it, provided that no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Province would be obliged to pay such Additional Amounts were a payment in respect of the Bonds then due. Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the Province shall deliver to the Fiscal Agent a certificate signed by an officer of the Province stating that the Province is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Province so to redeem have occurred.

If (a) there is a non-payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Bonds and such non-payment continues for a period of more than 15 days after written notice of such non-payment is given to the Province by a registered holder of Bonds or (b) there is failure in the performance of any other covenant of the Province contained in the Bonds which continues for more than 30 days after written notice requiring such failure to be remedied is given to the Province by a registered holder of Bonds, then the registered holder giving such notice may give a further written notice to the Province demanding that the principal amount of all or any of the Bonds held by such registered holder become immediately repayable, together with accrued interest, and upon the giving of such further notice, such Bonds shall become repayable accordingly. Any such notice or further notice from a registered holder of Bonds to the Province shall be given to the Province by delivering such notice or further notice to the Fiscal Agent.

The Province may, if not in default under the Bonds, at any time purchase Bonds in the open market, or by tender or by private contract, at any price, in accordance with applicable law and cause the Fiscal Agent to cancel any Bonds so purchased.

The Fiscal Agent has been appointed as the registrar for the Bonds, and as such will maintain at its office in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York or at such other office reasonably satisfactory to the Province (the “Fiscal Agent’s Office”), a register (the “Register”) for the initial registration, and the registration of transfers and exchanges, of Bonds. Subject to the limitations, terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Fiscal Agency Agreement, a Bond may be transferred at the Fiscal Agent’s Office by surrendering the Bond to the Fiscal Agent for cancellation, and thereupon the Fiscal Agent shall issue and register in the name of the transferee, in exchange therefor, a new Bond having identical terms and conditions and having a like aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations. Upon the occurrence of certain events specified in Section 6 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, this Global Bond is exchangeable at the Fiscal Agent’s Office for Bonds in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations of U.S.$5,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 for amounts in excess of U.S.$5,000, in an equal aggregate principal amount and having identical terms and conditions as this Global Bond (except insofar as they relate specifically to this Global Bond). On or after such exchange, the Fiscal Agent shall make all payments to be made in respect of such Bonds in definitive registered form to the registered holders thereof regardless of whether such exchange occurred after the Record Date for such payment. If a Bond is surrendered for transfer, it shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent and executed by the registered holder in person or by the registered holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge will be imposed for any such transfer or exchange other than reasonable fees for the replacement of lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed Bond certificates, but the Province may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge in connection therewith.

The Fiscal Agent shall not be required to register any transfer or exchange of any Bond during the period from any Record Date to the corresponding Interest Payment Date. Neither the Province nor the Fiscal Agent shall be required to make any exchange of Bonds if, as a result thereof, the Province may incur adverse tax or other similar consequences under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in effect at the time of the exchange. No provision of the Bonds or of the Fiscal Agency Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of the Province, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Province and the Fiscal Agent shall deem and treat the person in whose name a Bond is registered as the absolute owner of such Bond for all purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bond is overdue, and neither the Province nor the Fiscal Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments to or on the order of the registered holder of any Bond are valid and effectual to discharge the liability of the Province or the Fiscal Agent on such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums paid.

The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Bonds may be amended or supplemented by the Province, on the one hand, and the Fiscal Agent, on the other hand, without notice to or the consent of the registered holder of any Bond, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provisions contained in the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Bonds, or effecting the issue of further bonds as described below, or in any manner which the Province may deem necessary or desirable and which, in the reasonable

opinion of the Province, on the one hand, and the Fiscal Agent, on the other hand, will not adversely affect the interests of holders of the Bonds.

In addition to the amendments or supplements to the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Bonds permitted by the provisions in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Fiscal Agency Agreement contains provisions for registered holders of Bonds to agree with the Province to modify or amend by Extraordinary Resolution (as defined below) the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Bonds (including the terms and conditions contained herein). An Extraordinary Resolution duly made in accordance with the provisions of the Fiscal Agency Agreement shall be binding on all registered holders of Bonds whether present or not; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment to the Fiscal Agency Agreement or to the terms and conditions of the Bonds shall, without the consent of the registered holder of each such Bond affected thereby: (a) change the Maturity Date of any such Bond or change any Interest Payment Date; (b) reduce the principal amount of any such Bond or the rate of interest payable thereon; (c) change the currency of payment of any such Bond; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Bond; or (e) reduce the percentage of the principal amount of Bonds necessary for the taking of any action, including modification or amendment of the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Bonds, or reduce the quorum required at any meeting of registered holders of Bonds.

The term “Extraordinary Resolution” is defined in the Fiscal Agency Agreement as a resolution passed at a meeting of registered holders of Bonds held in accordance with the provisions of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Bonds by the affirmative vote of the registered holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and voting on the resolution or as an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by the registered holders of not less than 66-2/3% in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds. The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution is one or more registered holders of Bonds present in person or by proxy who represent at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds, or at any adjourned meeting called by the Province or the Fiscal Agent, one or more persons being or representing registered holders of Bonds whatever the principal amount of the Bonds so held or represented.

All notices to the registered holders of Bonds will be published in English in the Financial Times in London, England (if and for so long as the Bonds are admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange plc and the rules of the London Stock Exchange plc so require), The Wall Street Journal in New York, U.S.A. and The Globe and Mail in Canada. If at any time publication in any such newspaper is not practicable, notices will be valid if published in an English language newspaper with general circulation in the respective market regions as the Province, with the approval of the Fiscal Agent, shall determine. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once on different dates, on the first date on which publication is made. Written notice will also be given to DTC, provided at the time of such notice the Bonds are represented by this Global Bond. If the Bonds are being held in definitive form, notices will be validly given if sent by first class prepaid post addressed to the registered holders thereof at their respective addresses appearing in the Register and if, in the case of joint holders of any Bond, more than one address appears in the Register in respect of

such joint holding, such notice shall be addressed only to the first address so appearing. Any notice so given shall be deemed to have been given on the day of it being sent by post.

The Province may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the registered holders of the Bonds, create and issue further bonds ranking equally and ratably with the Bonds in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further bonds or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such further bonds) and so that such further bonds shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Bonds and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Bonds. Any such further bonds shall be issued subject to an agreement supplemental to the Fiscal Agency Agreement.

It is hereby certified and declared that all acts, conditions and things necessary to be done and to exist precedent to and in the issuance of this Global Bond have been properly done, fulfilled and performed and do exist in regular and due form as required by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

For so long as the Bonds are admitted to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc’s Regulated Market and if the rules of such stock exchange on which the Bonds are listed or the rules of the Financial Services Authority (UK) so require, the Province will maintain a paying agent in the United Kingdom.

The Province agrees to appoint and maintain a paying agent in a Member State of the European Union that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to the European Council Directive regarding the taxation of savings income (Directive 2003/48/EC) or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive.

Unless the certificate of authentication below has been executed by the Fiscal Agent by manual signature, this Global Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Fiscal Agency Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Province of British Columbia has caused the manual signature and the manual countersignature of its duly authorized signatories to be affixed to this Global Bond.

DATED: April 27, 2010		Countersigned:



Authorized Signatory		Authorized Signatory

FISCAL AGENT’S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION

This Global Bond is one of the 2.85% Bonds, Series BCUSG-4, Due June 15, 2015 referred to herein.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Fiscal Agent

By:
	Authorized Signatory

CANADA

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

REGISTERED NO. 0002

CUSIP: 110709 8W5

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
2.85% BOND, SERIES BCUSG-4, DUE June 15, 2015

This Global Bond is a fully registered global bond which initially represents the duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Province designated as its 2.85% Bonds, Series BCUSG-4, Due June 15, 2015 (the “Bonds”), which issue is initially limited in aggregate principal amount to U.S.$1,500,000,000. The Bonds and all the rights of the registered holders thereof are expressly subject to a fiscal agency agreement dated as of April 27, 2010 (the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”, which term includes any amendment or supplement to such agreement made in accordance with the terms of such agreement and this Global Bond) between the Province and The Bank of New York Mellon, as fiscal agent, registrar, transfer agent and principal paying agent (the “Fiscal Agent”, which term includes any successor as fiscal agent, registrar, transfer agent and principal paying agent appointed in accordance with the Fiscal Agency Agreement) to which Fiscal Agency Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, duties and immunities of the Province, the Fiscal Agent and registered holders of the Bonds and the terms upon which the Bonds are, and are to be,

authenticated, registered and delivered. The Bonds and the Fiscal Agency Agreement together constitute a contract, all the terms and conditions of which the registered holders by acceptance hereof assent to and are deemed to have notice of. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Fiscal Agency Agreement.

tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds will be made by the Province in immediately available funds and, in the case of payments under this Global Bond, will be made directly to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, for payment to DTC participants in accordance with customary procedures established from time to time by DTC and the Fiscal Agent. Upon all payments having been made by the Province as required herein, this Global Bond shall be void and of no further effect, whether or not this Global Bond has been marked “cancelled” or delivered for cancellation to the Province or the Fiscal Agent.

(a) to which a beneficial owner of a Bond is subject otherwise than merely by the ownership of Bonds or the receipt of income therefrom; or

(iii) the date on which the payment in respect of the Bonds first becomes due; or

(iv) if the full amount of the monies payable shall not have been duly provided to the Fiscal Agent on or prior to such due date, the date on which such monies shall have been so provided; or

References in this Global Bond to principal and interest shall include such Additional Amounts.

(the “Register”) for the initial registration, and the registration of transfers and exchanges, of Bonds. Subject to the limitations, terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Fiscal Agency Agreement, a Bond may be transferred at the Fiscal Agent’s Office by surrendering the Bond to the Fiscal Agent for cancellation, and thereupon the Fiscal Agent shall issue and register in the name of the transferee, in exchange therefor, a new Bond having identical terms and conditions and having a like aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations. Upon the occurrence of certain events specified in Section 6 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, this Global Bond is exchangeable at the Fiscal Agent’s Office for Bonds in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations of U.S.$5,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 for amounts in excess of U.S.$5,000, in an equal aggregate principal amount and having identical terms and conditions as this Global Bond (except insofar as they relate specifically to this Global Bond). On or after such exchange, the Fiscal Agent shall make all payments to be made in respect of such Bonds in definitive registered form to the registered holders thereof regardless of whether such exchange occurred after the Record Date for such payment. If a Bond is surrendered for transfer, it shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent and executed by the registered holder in person or by the registered holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge will be imposed for any such transfer or exchange other than reasonable fees for the replacement of lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed Bond certificates, but the Province may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge in connection therewith.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Province of British Columbia has caused the manual signature and the manual countersignature of its duly authorized signatories to be affixed to this Global Bond.

DATED: April 27, 2010		Countersigned:



Authorized Signatory		Authorized Signatory

FISCAL AGENT’S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION

This Global Bond is one of the 2.85% Bonds, Series BCUSG-4, Due June 15, 2015 referred to herein.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Fiscal Agent

By:
	Authorized Signatory

CANADA

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

REGISTERED NO. 0003

CUSIP: 110709 8W5

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
2.85% BOND, SERIES BCUSG-4, DUE June 15, 2015

(a) to which a beneficial owner of a Bond is subject otherwise than merely by the ownership of Bonds or the receipt of income therefrom; or

(v) the date on which the payment in respect of the Bonds first becomes due; or

(vi) if the full amount of the monies payable shall not have been duly provided to the Fiscal Agent on or prior to such due date, the date on which such monies shall have been so provided; or

References in this Global Bond to principal and interest shall include such Additional Amounts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Province of British Columbia has caused the manual signature and the manual countersignature of its duly authorized signatories to be affixed to this Global Bond.

DATED: April 27, 2010		Countersigned:



Authorized Signatory		Authorized Signatory

FISCAL AGENT’S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION

This Global Bond is one of the 2.85% Bonds, Series BCUSG-4, Due June 15, 2015 referred to herein.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Fiscal Agent

By:
	Authorized Signatory

Conformed Copy

Underwriting Agreement

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
(Canada)

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

April 20, 0000

Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx Securities LLC

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

CIBC World Markets Corp.

As Representatives of the several Underwriters

Named in Schedule II hereto

Dear Ladies and Gentleman:

1) Introductory. The Province of British Columbia (the “Province”) proposes to issue and sell the principal amount of its debt securities (the “Securities”), registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(b), identified in Schedule I hereto to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”). As of April 20, 2010, (the “Time of Sale”), the Province had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the Basic Prospectus (as defined below) as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated April 20, 2010 relating to the Securities in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) in the form of Schedule I hereto. As used herein, “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall have the

meaning assigned to the term “issuer free writing prospectus” in Section 433 under the Securities Act. This Agreement is to confirm the arrangements with respect to the purchase of the Securities by the several Underwriters.

2) Representations and Warranties of the Province. The Province represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

a) The Time of Sale Information at the Time of Sale and the Time of Sale Information as amended or supplemented at the Closing Date did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Province makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Province in writing by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use in such Time of Sale Information. The Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in the form of Schedule I hereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act.

b) A registration statement or registration statements relating to the Securities has or have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and has or have become effective under the Securities Act. The registration statement or registration statements, including the exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference therein, as amended at the date of this Agreement, is or are hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”; the prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, is herein called the “Basic Prospectus”; the Basic Prospectus as supplemented to reflect the terms of the Securities and the terms of the offering thereof, in the form in which it shall be first filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act after the date hereof, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, is herein called the “Final Prospectus”; and any preliminary form of the Final Prospectus which has heretofore been filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, is herein called a “Preliminary Final Prospectus”.

c) Each document filed or to be filed by the Province with the SEC pursuant to the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and incorporated by reference in the Basic Prospectus, Preliminary Final Prospectus, Time of Sale Information or Final Prospectus fully complied at the time it was filed with the SEC or will fully comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Subject to Section 6(a), any reference herein to the terms “amend”, “amendment”, “supplement” or “supplementation” with respect to the Registration Statement, Basic Prospectus, Preliminary Final Prospectus, Time of Sale Information or Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date thereof and incorporated by reference therein.

d) As of the date hereof, when the Final Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, when, prior to the Closing Date, any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, when any supplement to the Final Prospectus is filed with the SEC and at the Closing Date, (i) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and (ii) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and the summary set out in the Final Prospectus is not misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when read with other parts of the Final Prospectus; provided, however, that the Province makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Province by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus.

e) The Province has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to issue and sell the Securities.

f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Province and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Province, except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited under applicable law, and the Fiscal Agency Agreement, when duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Province, will be a valid and legally binding agreement of the Province, in each case subject to the qualifications contained in the legal opinion delivered pursuant to Section 9(c).

g) The Securities, when duly executed, authenticated and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement, will constitute valid, legally binding, direct and unconditional general obligations of the Province in accordance with their respective terms and will rank equally with all of the Province’s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, subject to the qualifications contained in the legal opinion delivered pursuant to Section 9(c).

h) All authorizations, approvals, consents, orders and waivers required under British Columbian and Canadian law to permit the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Province of its obligations hereunder have been obtained and are in full force and effect; and all authorizations, approvals, consents, orders and waivers required under British Columbian and Canadian law to permit the execution and delivery of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the issuance of the Securities and the performance by the Province of its obligations thereunder shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect as of the Closing Date.

i) The issue, sale, execution, delivery and authentication of the Securities and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement and performance of their respective terms will not conflict with, or result in any breach of, any provisions of, or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which the Province is a party or by which it is bound, which conflict or breach would affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the Securities, this Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the ability of the Province to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

j) The Province will use all reasonable efforts to publish, as soon as possible after the Closing Date, a prospectus, for the purpose of the listing application to be filed by the Province pursuant to Section 5 hereof, approved by the UK Listing Authority (as defined below) (the “UKLA Prospectus”) in compliance with Directive 2003/71/EC (the “Prospectus Directive”) and all laws, regulations and rules implementing the Prospectus Directive, as amended from time to time and shall submit (or procure the submission on its behalf of) such reports or information as may from time to time be required and otherwise comply with the Prospectus Directive and all laws, regulations and rules implementing the Prospectus Directive.

In this Section 2, each of “Closing Date” and “Fiscal Agency Agreement” will have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4.

3) Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Province agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Province, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule II hereto, the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II hereto.

4) Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made concurrently at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and the Ministry of Finance, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Representatives and the Province) at 10:00 a.m., Toronto, Ontario time, on April 27, 2010 (or such later date not later than five business days after such specified date as the Representatives and the Province shall agree upon), which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Province or as provided in Section 11 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). The Securities will be issued in the form of one or more global securities (collectively, the “Global Security”), which shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company. Delivery of the Global Security shall be made to the Representatives or to their order for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to the Province in immediately available (same day) funds by transfer to a U.S. dollar account specified by the Province. The Global Security

shall be substantially in the form annexed to the Fiscal Agency Agreement to be dated April 27, 2010 between the Province and The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”).

The Global Security shall be made available for inspection and checking by the Representatives in Toronto, Ontario or another location to be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto not later than 3:00 P.M., Toronto time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

5) Listing. The Province agrees with the Underwriters to file or cause to be filed an application to the Financial Services Authority in its capacity as competent authority under the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “UK Listing Authority”), for the Securities to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (the “Official List”) and to the London Stock Exchange plc for the Securities to be admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange plc (the “Stock Exchange”) as soon as possible after the Closing Date. References herein to “list”, “listed” or “listing” when used in relation to the Stock Exchange shall mean admitted to the Official List and admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the Stock Exchange, which is a regulated market for the purposes of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (2004/39/EC). The Province shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the Securities to be listed on the Stock Exchange as soon as possible after the Closing Date. The Province further agrees to furnish to the UK Listing Authority and the Stock Exchange all documents, instruments, information and undertakings and to publish all advertisements or other material that may be necessary in order to effect the listing of the Securities and to cause the listing of the Securities on the Stock Exchange to be continued for so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding; provided, however, that if in the opinion of the Province, the continuation of such listing shall become unduly onerous, then the Province may delist the Securities from the Stock Exchange; provided, further, that if the Securities are to be so delisted from the Stock Exchange, the Province will use its best efforts to obtain the admission to listing, trading and/or quotation of the Securities by another listing authority, securities exchange and/or quotation system reasonably acceptable to the Representatives and the Province prior to the delisting of the Securities from the Stock Exchange. The provisions of this Section 5 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any other listing authority, securities exchange and/or quotation system on which the Securities may be admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation.

6) Covenants of the Province. The Province covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:

a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Province will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Final Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation to which the Representatives reasonably object, except that the Representatives may not object to the filing, as exhibits to an amendment on Form 18-K/A to the Province’s Annual Report on Form 18-K, of reports prepared by the Province in the ordinary course; the Province will also advise the Representatives promptly of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of any further amendment or supplementation of the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information or the Final Prospectus, and of the institution by the SEC of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.

b) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is required to be delivered under the Securities Act any event occurs as a result of which the Time of Sale Information or the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Time of Sale Information or the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Province promptly will prepare and file with the SEC an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance.

c) Before using or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, other than the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in the form of Schedule I hereto, the Province will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for review and will not use or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Representatives reasonably object; provided that the Representatives may not object to a filing that is required.

d) As soon as practicable after public release, the Province will make generally available to securityholders a statement of

revenues and expenditures covering each of its fiscal years which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.

e) The Province will furnish to each Representative copies of the Registration Statement (including all exhibits and documents incorporated by reference), and each amendment thereto which shall become effective on or prior to the Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173 under the Securities Act) by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act or publication of a prospectus may be required by the Prospectus Directive, of as many copies of any Time of Sale Information, the Final Prospectus, the UKLA Prospectus and all documents incorporated by reference therein, all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.

f) The Province will arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided, that the Province shall not be obligated to take any action in connection with such qualification that would subject it to service of process generally or require it to qualify as a dealer in securities. The Province will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Section 6(f), and will reimburse the Underwriters for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them under this Section 6(f).

g) So long as any of the Securities are outstanding, to the extent not generally available to the public, the Province will furnish to each Representative, as soon as practicable after the approval and the public release thereof, its annual budget, and, as soon as practicable after the determination and the public release thereof, its annual statement of revenues and expenditures.

h) Subject to the UKLA Prospectus being approved and published in accordance with Section 2(j), the Province shall update or amend the UKLA Prospectus by the publication in accordance with the Prospectus Directive of a supplement thereto or an update thereof in the event that (i) a Significant (as defined below) new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information included in the UKLA Prospectus which is capable of affecting the

assessment of the Securities arises or is noted, or (ii) if there is any Significant change affecting any matter contained in the UKLA Prospectus or a Significant new matter arises, the inclusion of information in respect of which would have been so required if it had arisen when the UKLA Prospectus was prepared, or if such supplement or update would be required by the UK Listing Authority prior to the listing of such Securities. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Province undertakes that in the period from and including the date when the UKLA Prospectus is approved by the UK Listing Authority to and including the date when the Securities are issued it will only prepare and publish a supplement to, or update of, the UKLA Prospectus if it is required, or has reasonable grounds to believe that it is required, to do so in order to comply with Section 87G of the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000. For the purposes of this clause, “Significant” means significant for the purposes of making an informed assessment of (i) the assets and liabilities, financial position, profits and losses and prospects of the Province and (ii) the rights attaching to the Securities.

i) If the Province has agreed with the relevant Representatives that the UK Listing Authority will be requested to provide a certificate of approval to the competent authority of one or more EEA Member State(s) under Article 17 and Article 18 of the Prospectus Directive, the arrangements relating to such request (including, but not limited to, the cost of preparing any summary required pursuant to Article 19 of the Prospectus Directive) will be agreed between the Province and the relevant Representatives at the relevant time.

In any such case, the Province undertakes that it will use all reasonable efforts to procure the delivery of a certificate of approval by the competent authority in the United Kingdom to the competent authority in each such EEA Member State as agreed between the Province and the relevant Representatives.

Any translation of the summary set out in the UKLA Prospectus required pursuant to Article 19 of the Prospectus Directive shall be accurate and complete in all material respects and shall not be misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when read together with the UKLA Prospectus.

For the purposes of the above, “EEA Member State” means the member states of the European Union, together with Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.

j) The Province will pay (i) all expenses in connection with (A) the preparation, issue, execution and delivery of the Securities (including fees of the fiscal agent under the Fiscal Agency Agreement and any paying agent appointed pursuant thereto), (B) the fee incurred in filing the Registration Statement, any Time of Sale Information and the Final Prospectus (including all amendments thereto) with the SEC, (C) all costs, expenses, fees or commissions, payable on or in connection with the approval of the UKLA Prospectus by the UK Listing Authority and the granting of listing for the Securities on the Stock Exchange, and (D) any fee payable to rating services in connection with the rating of the Securities, (ii) all costs incurred in connection with the printing of the Final Prospectus, the UKLA Prospectus and each Preliminary Final Prospectus (including all amendments thereof or supplements thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the cost of delivering the same to locations designated by the Underwriters and (iii) the cost of copying the documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and Final Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request and the cost of delivering the same to locations designated by the Underwriters. Except as provided in Sections 10 and 13 hereof, the Province shall not be required to pay or bear any fees or expenses of the Underwriters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Province will reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by them; provided, however, that the amount that the Province shall be required to reimburse the Underwriters will in no event exceed the aggregate of U.S.$75,000.

k) During the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and continuing to and including the Closing Date, the Province agrees not to offer, sell or contract to sell any United States dollar denominated debt securities of the Province with a maturity in excess of one year without the consent of the Underwriters other than the Securities.

7) Selling Restrictions.

a) European Economic Area.

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (other than the United Kingdom, once the UKLA Prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority) (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial

distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with the Province that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of Securities, which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Securities which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:

(i) to legal entities which are authorised or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorised or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;

(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (A) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (B) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (C) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;

(iii) to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the relevant Underwriter or Underwriters nominated by the Province for any such offer; or

(iv) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive;

provided that no such offer of Securities shall result in a requirement for the publication by the Province or the Underwriters of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or a supplement to a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of Securities to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any

measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

b) United Kingdom. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that:

(i) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000 (“FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Province; and

(ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

c) Japan. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with the Province that it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and it and they will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in or to residents of Japan or to any persons for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) available thereunder and in compliance with the other relevant laws of Japan, and under circumstances which will result in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and guidelines promulgated by the relevant Japanese governmental and regulatory authorities and in effect at the relevant time. As part of the offering of the Securities, the Underwriters may offer the Securities in Japan to a list of 49 offerees in accordance with this Section 7(c).

d) Hong Kong. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that (i) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of this prospectus

or any document, any Securities other than (A) to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong (the “SFO”) and any rules made under the SFO, or (B) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of such ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to the Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the SFO and any rules made thereunder.

e) Sale and Distribution. In addition to the provisions of Sections 7(a) through (d) above, each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with the Province that it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute any of the Time of Sale Information or the Final Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, after reasonable inquiry, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on the Province except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, the Representatives agree with the Province to cause each selling group member to agree to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 7.

f) Authorizations. Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 7(a) through (e) and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 6(f), the Province shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with the Province that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent,

approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.

8) Covenants of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter covenants and agrees that:

a) It will cause the Representatives to deliver to the Province a letter prior to the Closing Date containing the total sales of the Securities made in the initial distribution in the United States together with an estimate of the number of Securities reasonably expected to be sold within the United States in secondary market transactions within 40 days of the Closing Date; provided, that the Underwriters shall bear no responsibility for any discrepancy between such estimate and the actual number of Securities sold within the United States pursuant to such secondary market transactions in such time period.

b) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the SEC by the Province and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Province) other than (i) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in the form of Schedule I hereto or prepared pursuant to Section 6(c) above, or (ii) any “free writing prospectus” prepared by such Underwriter and provided to and consented to by the Province in advance in writing (each such “free writing prospectus” referred to in this clause (ii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the Underwriters may use a Bloomberg term sheet in accordance with Section 8(d) below.

c) It has not and will not distribute any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus referred to in Section 8(b)(ii) in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination unless the Province has consented in advance in writing to such dissemination.

d) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Province, use any “free writing prospectus” that contains the final terms of the Securities unless such terms have previously been included in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed or to be

filed with the SEC; provided that the Underwriters may use a Bloomberg term sheet that contains some or all of the information in Schedule I hereto without the consent of the Province; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Province, and provide a copy of such Bloomberg term sheet to the Province, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet; and provided further that such Bloomberg term sheet, solely as a result of use by the Underwriters, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the SEC pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

e) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Province if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the period that delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173 under the Securities Act) by an Underwriter or a dealer may be required by the Securities Act).

9) Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The respective obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Province herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the representatives of the Province made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Province of its obligations hereunder and with regard to the Securities and to the following additional conditions precedent:

a) Prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Province or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the SEC; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act, shall have been filed with the SEC under the Securities Act; and the Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 not later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the second business day following the date of this Agreement.

b) Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any material adverse change in the financial, economic or political condition of the Province from that set forth in the Registration Statement, the

Time of Sale Information and the Final Prospectus; and the Representatives shall have received, on the Closing Date, a certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by the Minister of Finance of the Province, the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Province or another officer of the Ministry of Finance satisfactory to the Representatives to the effect set forth in the first clause of this Section 9(b).

c) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of the Attorney General of the Province, the Deputy Attorney General of the Province, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General of the Province, a Senior Solicitor, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General of the Province or another officer of the Ministry of Attorney General of the Province satisfactory to the Representatives, as Canadian counsel to the Province, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that under the laws of British Columbia and Canada and subject to such qualifications and based on such assumptions as are customary in British Columbia in respect of an opinion of this type:

(i) The Province has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to issue and sell the Securities.

(ii) This Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Province and each is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Province, except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited under applicable law.

(iii) The Securities, when duly executed, authenticated and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement, will constitute valid, legally binding, direct and unconditional general obligations of the Province in accordance with their respective terms and will rank equally and ratably with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Province.

(iv) All authorizations, approvals, consents, orders and waivers required under British Columbian and Canadian law to permit the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the issuance of the

Securities and the performance by the Province of its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

(v) Proceedings may be brought against the Province in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and no applicable law requires the consent of any public official or authority for proceedings to be brought or judgment to be obtained against the Province arising out of or relating to obligations under the Securities, nor is any immunity from jurisdiction available to the Province in any proceedings in the Supreme Court of British Columbia brought in accordance with the Crown Proceeding Act (British Columbia) and within applicable limitation periods, whether or not a party to the proceedings or the holder of a Security is resident within British Columbia or is a citizen of Canada.

(vi) The statements in the Time of Sale Information and Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Bonds” and “Underwriting”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters or documents referred to therein, are accurate in all material respects, subject to the qualifications therein stated.

(vii) The statements in the Time of Sale Information and Final Prospectus under the caption “Tax Matters—Canadian Taxation”, to the extent that they constitute summaries of legal matters referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the legal matters referred to therein.

(viii) Although such counsel is not passing upon and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, based upon such counsel’s participation in conferences with representatives of the Province at which the contents of the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention which lead such counsel to believe that (A) the Registration Statement (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), at the

time each part became effective or on the date of this Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) that the Time of Sale Information (other than the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), as of the Time of Sale, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (C) that the Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), as of its date or the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

In rendering such opinion, the Attorney General of the Province, the Deputy Attorney General of the Province, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General of the Province, a Senior Solicitor, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General of the Province or other officer of the Ministry of Attorney General of the Province satisfactory to the Representatives, as the case may be, may rely upon the opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, United States counsel to the Province, as to matters of United States law and procedure, and no opinion need be expressed as to the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and Final Prospectus.

d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Farris, Vaughan, Xxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, Canadian counsel to the Underwriters, given in respect of the laws of British Columbia and Canada, dated the Closing Date, as to the matters specified in subdivisions (i) through (viii)(but only as of the date of this Agreement as to clause (A) of subdivision (viii)) of paragraph (c) of this Section 9, subject to such qualifications and based on such assumptions as are customary in British Columbia in respect of an opinion of this type. In rendering such opinion, Farris, Vaughan, Xxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP may rely upon the opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, United States counsel to the Underwriters, as to matters of United States law and procedure, and may also rely

upon a certificate (which may be unaudited) of the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Province or another officer of the Ministry of Finance of the Province satisfactory to the Representatives as to the securities of the Province and the borrowings outstanding on the Closing Date. The opinion shall state in effect that on the basis of an independent examination of such records, certificates and other documents and such questions of law as Farris, Vaughan, Xxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP have deemed necessary or appropriate, the opinion of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General of the Province, a Senior Solicitor, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Attorney General of the Province or another officer of the Ministry of Attorney General of the Province satisfactory to the Representatives, as the case may be, Canadian counsel to the Province, is in form and substance satisfactory to them and they believe that the Representatives are justified in relying thereon.

e) The Representatives shall have received the opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, United States counsel for the Province, dated the Closing Date, subject to such qualifications and based upon such assumptions as are customary in the United States in respect of such opinion, to the effect that:

(i) The Securities are exempted securities under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and no qualification of an indenture in respect of the Securities under the Trust Indenture Act is required for the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities.

(ii) The statements in the Time of Sale Information and Final Prospectus under “Description of Bonds,” “Description of Debt Securities and Warrants” and “Underwriting”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of documents referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the documents referred to therein.

(iii) The statements in the Time of Sale Information, and Final Prospectus under “Description of Debt Securities and Warrants — United States Income Tax Considerations”, as supplemented by “Tax Matters — United States Federal Income Taxation”, and “Tax Matters — United Kingdom Taxation”, to the extent that they constitute summaries of legal matters referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the legal matters referred to therein.

(iv) Based upon such counsel’s participation in conferences with representatives of the Province, counsel for the Province and their examination of specified documents, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention which caused such counsel to believe that (A) the Registration Statement (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), as of the date of this Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) the Time of Sale Information (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), as of the Time of Sale, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (C) the Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), as of its date or the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, in such counsel’s opinion, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment) appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

In rendering such opinion, Shearman & Sterling LLP may rely on the opinion of counsel named in paragraph (c) of this Section 9 as to matters of British Columbian and Canadian law and procedure.

f) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, United States counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, as to the matters specified in subdivisions (i), and (iv) (but only as of the date of this Agreement

as to clause (A)) of paragraph (e) of this Section 9, subject to such qualifications and based upon such assumptions as are customary in the United States in respect of such opinions. In considering such opinion, Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP may rely on the opinion of counsel named in paragraph (d) of this Section 9 as to matters of British Columbian and Canadian law and procedure.

g) The Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Minister of Finance of the Province, the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Province or another officer of the Ministry of Finance of the Province satisfactory to the Representatives, dated the Closing Date, in which such Minister, Deputy Minister or other officer, as the case may be, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Province in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Province has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the SEC.

h) The purchase and sale of the Securities in accordance with the provisions hereof shall not be prohibited by any statute, order, rule or regulation promulgated by any legislative, executive or regulatory body or authority of Canada, the United States of America, the Province or the State of New York.

i) The Province shall have furnished to the Representatives and to counsel for the Underwriters such further certificates and documents as the Representatives and such counsel reasonably request.

j) Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any placing on credit watch with negative implications, in the ratings accorded the debt securities of the Province by any nationally recognized statistical rating agency in the United States.

All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives. The Province will furnish the

Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request.

If any of the above conditions shall not have been fulfilled as reasonably contemplated herein, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated with respect to Securities at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, without any liability on the part of any Underwriter to the Province or of the Province to any Underwriter, except as provided in Section 6, Section 10 and Section 13 hereof. Notice of such cancellation shall be given as soon as practicable in accordance with Section 14 of this Agreement.

10) Indemnification. a) The Province will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement relating to the Securities or any amendment thereof, including all documents incorporated by reference, or the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that (i) the Province will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Province by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein and (ii) such indemnity with respect to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or any person controlling such Underwriter) from

whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the Securities which are the subject thereof if such person did not receive a copy of the Time of Sale Information at or prior to the sale of such Securities to such person and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or Preliminary Final Prospectus was corrected in the Time of Sale Information provided to the Underwriter prior to the time of sale of such Securities to such person. The indemnity in this Section 10(a) will be in addition to any liability which the Province may otherwise have.

b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Province and the duly authorized representatives in the United States of the Province who have signed the Registration Statement, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Province or its duly authorized representatives may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement relating to the Securities or any amendment thereof, including all documents incorporated by reference, or in the Time of Sale Information or Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Province by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Province or its duly authorized representatives in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action or (ii) a breach by such Underwriter of any representation, or failure to perform or observe any agreement, contained in Section 7 of this Agreement. The indemnity in this Section 10(b) will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have. The Province acknowledges, for the purposes of clause (i) above, that the statements under the heading “Underwriting” (except for the statements in the paragraphs relating to the European Economic Area, the FSMA, the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan and the securities laws of Hong Kong, the sentence relating to stamp taxes and other charges and the sentence relating to the estimated

expenses of the Province) in Time of Sale Information or in the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any of the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity, and the Underwriters confirm that such statements are correct; provided that such acknowledgement by the Province does not extend to any “free writing prospectus” other than the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in the form of Schedule I hereto.

c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 10, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 10. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses as they are incurred; provided, that if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 10 for any legal or other expenses, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel, approved by the Representatives in the case of subparagraph (a), representing the indemnified parties under subparagraph (a) who are parties to such action), (ii)

the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if it be a final judgment for the plaintiff the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 90 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section, for any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the Securities Act. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of the Securities (taking into account the portion of the proceeds of the offering realized by each), the parties’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The Province and the Underwriters agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose). No Underwriter or person controlling such Underwriter shall be obligated to make contribution hereunder which in the aggregate exceeds the total public offering price of the Securities purchased by such Underwriter under this Agreement in the offering to which the asserted claim relates, less the aggregate

amount of any damages which such Underwriter and its controlling persons have otherwise been required to pay in respect of the same claim or any substantially similar claim. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

11) Default of Underwriters. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obliged severally to take up and pay for (in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities, and arrangements satisfactory to the remaining Underwriters and the Province for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Province, except as provided in Section 13. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 11, which shall not cause this Agreement to be terminated, either the Province or the Representatives shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Province and any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

12) Stabilization and Over-allotment. In connection with the issue of the Securities, the Underwriters may over-allot Securities or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Securities at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that the Underwriters will undertake stabilization action. Any stabilization action may begin on or after the date on which adequate public disclosure of the terms of the Securities is made and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the issue

date of the Securities and 60 days after the date of the allotment of the Securities. Any over-allotment or stabilization transaction by the Underwriters in connection with the distribution of the Securities shall be effected by them on their own behalf and not as agents of the Province, and any gain or loss arising therefrom shall be for their own account. The Underwriters acknowledge that the Province has not been authorized to issue Securities in excess of the principal amount set forth in Schedule I hereto. The Underwriters also acknowledge that the Province has not authorized the carrying out by the Underwriters of stabilization transactions other than in conformity with applicable laws and rules, including those made pursuant to the Prospectus Directive, FSMA and Regulation M promulgated by the SEC (if applicable). The Province authorizes the Underwriters to make such public disclosure of information relating to stabilization as is required by applicable law, regulation and guidance.

13) Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Province and their representatives and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Province or any of their representatives, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 16 or if for any reason the purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated, other than by reason of a default on the part of any Underwriter pursuant to Section 11, the Province shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 6. The obligations of the Province and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 shall remain in effect regardless of any termination of this Agreement.

14) Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing, and, if sent to the Underwriters will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to the Representatives at the address set forth in Schedule II hereto, or, if sent to the Province will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to the Ministry of Finance, Provincial Treasury, Debt Management Branch, X.X. Xxx 0000 Stn. Prov. Govt. 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0X0 (telefax number: (000) 000-0000, or such other telefax number as may from time to time be specified in writing by the Province to the Representatives).

15) Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and representatives referred to in Section 10, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

16) Termination. The obligations under this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives or the Province, in their absolute discretion, by notice given to the Province or the Representatives, as the case may be, prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if during the period beginning on the date hereof to and including the Closing Date, (a) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on any stock exchange on which any debt securities of the Province are listed shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum prices are established, (b) a general banking moratorium is declared in either the United States or Canada, or (c) there shall have occurred in the reasonable opinion of the Province or the Representatives, as the case may be, (i) such a material change in general economic, political or financial conditions or (ii) such a material change resulting from the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States or Canada as to make it impracticable to market the Securities in the manner contemplated by the Preliminary Final Prospectus or Time of Sale Information.

17) Business Day. As used in this Agreement, the term “business day” shall mean a day on which banking institutions in Toronto, Ontario are not authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close.

18) Dollar Figures. All dollar figures herein set forth are in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

19) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

20) Headings. The headings for the sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement.

21) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts and a counterpart may be delivered by electronic transmission and each such counterpart shall be deemed an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Province and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

Very truly yours,

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA



By	/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
	Title:	Deputy Minister of Finance

The foregoing Underwriting

Agreement is hereby confirmed

and accepted as of the date

first above written.

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION



By	/s/ Jigme Shingsar
	Name:	Jigme Shingsar
	Title:	Managing Director

Acting for itself and on behalf of
the several Representatives
and the several Underwriters.

SCHEDULE I

April 20, 2010

Issuer:		Province of British Columbia

Expected Ratings*:		Xxxxx’x: Aaa; S&P: AAA; DBRS: AA (high)

Title:		2.850% Bonds, Series BCUSG-4, due June 15, 2015

Format:		SEC Registered Global Offering

Status:		Direct, unconditional debt

Aggregate Principal Amount:		U.S.$1,500,000,000

Trade Date:		April 20, 2010

Expected Settlement Date:		April 27, 2010

Maturity:		June 15, 2015

Interest Payment Dates:		June 15 and December 15 of each year

First Interest Payment Date:		June 15, 2010. Interest will accrue from April 27, 2010.

Spread to Benchmark:		T + 32.3 basis points

Spread to Mid-Swaps:		+ 11 basis points

Benchmark Treasury:		UST 2.500% due March 31, 2015

UST Spot/Yield:		99-26.25 / 2.539%

Yield to Maturity:		2.862%

Coupon:		2.850% payable semi-annually

Public Offering Price:		99.945% plus accrued interest from April 27, 2010 if settlement occurs after that date

Day Count:		30/360

Minimum Denominations:		U.S.$5,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 for amounts in excess of U.S.$5,000

Joint Lead Managers:		Banc of America Securities LLC

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		RBC Capital Markets Corporation CIBC World Markets Corp.

Co-managers:		National Bank Financial Inc. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Bank of Montreal, London Branch Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. The Toronto-Dominion Bank

Cusip#/ISIN#:		000000 8W5 / US1107098W54

Listing:		Admission to the United Kingdom Listing Authority’s Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc’s Regulated Market may be completed following settlement on a best efforts basis.

Governing Law:		Province of British Columbia and Canada

Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement:		Prospectus dated as of February 20, 2002, and Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated as of April 20, 2010

xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/Xxxxxxxx/xxxxx/xxxx/000000/000000000000000000/x0000000x000x0.xxx

Stabilization:		FSA Rules

Legends:		This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by us.

		*A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

		The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free Banc of America

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		Securities LLC at 1-800-294-1322, CIBC World Markets Corp. at 0-000-000-0000, or RBC Capital Markets Corporation at 0-000-000-0000.

Canadian Legends:		The Bonds will be offered and sold in Canada pursuant to an exemption from the prospectus requirement in securities legislation of all provinces and territories of Canada, as provided in section 2.34 of National Instrument 45-106.

European Economic Area Legends:		Only addressed to qualified investors and other exempt persons. This is not a prospectus but a listing advertisement and investors should refer to listing prospectus to be published re admission to UKLA’s official list. FSMA (Financial Promotion) Order 2005: This is only directed at persons outside the UK, investment professionals and others to whom may be lawfully communicated and only such persons may rely on this or be engaged with re the Notes.

		This document is for distribution only to persons who (i) are “investment professionals” as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Financial Promotion Order”), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc”) of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) are outside the United Kingdom, or (iv) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). This document is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.

Other:		ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED

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AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.

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SCHEDULE II

Title of Securities:		2.85% Bonds, Series BCUSG-4, Due June 15, 2015
Price to Underwriters:		99.77%
Address for Notices to the Representatives:		c/o RBC Capital Markets Corporation Three World Financial Center 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 U.S.A.

Underwriter		Principal Amount of Securities to be Purchased
Banc of America Securities LLC		U.S.$375,000,000
RBC Capital Markets Corporation		375,000,000
CIBC World Markets Corp.		345,000,000
National Bank Financial Inc.		105,000,000
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc		105,000,000
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited		75,000,000
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.		75,000,000
Bank of Montreal, London Branch.		15,000,000
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.		15,000,000
The Toronto-Dominion Bank		15,000,000
Total		U.S.$1,500,000,000

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Conformed Copy

Opinion of Legal Counsel

April 27, 0000

Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx Securities LLC

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

CIBC World Markets Corp.

as representatives (the “Representatives”)	Minister of Finance
of the several Underwriters (as defined below)	Parliament Buildings
c/o RBC Capital Markets Corporation	Victoria, British Columbia
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx	Xxxxxx X0X 0X0
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
U.S.A.

Re: Issue by the Province of British Columbia (the “Province”) of U.S. $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.85% Bonds, Series BCUSG-4, Due June 15, 2015 (the “Bonds”)

We have acted as counsel for the Province in connection with the issue and sale of the Bonds by the Province pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated April 20, 2010 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) between the Province and the Representatives, as representatives of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) listed in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement.

For the purposes of this opinion, we have examined original, photostatic, facsimile, electronic or certified copies of the following:

(a) the Underwriting Agreement;

(b) Registration Statement No. 333-82846, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Registration Statement”);

(c) the “Time of Sale Information” and “Final Prospectus” as those terms are defined in the Underwriting Agreement (which terms will bear the same meaning in this opinion as in the Underwriting Agreement);

(d) a fiscal agency agreement dated as of April 27, 2010 (the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”) between the Province and The Bank of New York Mellon, as

Ministry of	Legal Services Branch	Mailing Address:	Location:
Attorney General	Finance, Commercial and	PO BOX 9289 STN PROV GOVT	602 - 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
	Transportation Group	Xxxxxxxx XX X0X 0X0	Xxxxxxxx XX

		Telephone: 000 000-0000
		Facsimile: 000 000-0000

fiscal agent, registrar, transfer agent and principal paying agent (the “Fiscal Agent”);

(e) a certificate dated April 27, 2010 signed by the Executive Director, Debt Management Branch, Provincial Treasury, Ministry of Finance, as to the amendments to, and the full force and effect of, the Financial Administration Act, RSBC 1996, c. 138, updated to December 12, 2008, as amended by statutory provisions in force and effect and contained in:

(i) sections 4 and 5 of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2009, SBC 2009, c. 4;

(ii) section 9 of the Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009, SBC 2009, c. 14;

(iii) section 2 and relevant provision in Table 1 of the Reference to Ministers and Ministries Regulation (Acts), B.C Regulation 5/2010, made under section 11(3) of the Interpretation Act, RSBC 1996, c. 238;

(iv) sections 12 to 15 of Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2010, SBC 2010, c. 2; and

(viii) sections 1 and 2 of the Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2010, SBC 2010, c. 4.

(collectively, the “FAA”);

(f) Order in Council No. 175 of the Lieutenant Governor in Council of the Province of British Columbia, approved and ordered on March 5, 2009, and Order in Council No. 35 of the Lieutenant Governor in Council of the Province of British Columbia, approved and ordered on January 15, 2010 (together, the “Authorizing Order”) made pursuant to the FAA;

(g) a certificate dated April 27, 2010 signed by the Deputy Minister of Finance as to

(i) any amendments to and the full force and effect of the FAA and the Authorizing Order,

(ii) the borrowings pursuant to the Authorizing Order,

(iii) the appointment and qualification of certain officers of the Province and verification of their genuine signatures,

(iv) the existence of necessary approvals for the indemnities by the Province in the Underwriting Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement,

(v) the determination of the terms and conditions of the Bonds, and

(vi) the appointment of the Fiscal Agent;

(h) a certificate dated April 27, 2010 signed by the Deputy Minister of Finance as to those matters referred to in section 9(b) and (g) of the Underwriting Agreement;

(i) a letter dated April 27, 2010 from the Province addressed to the Fiscal Agent providing for authentication, registration and delivery of the Bonds upon the Province’s confirmation that payment of the net proceeds for the purchase of the Bonds has been made;

(j) a written confirmation from the Province that payment of the net proceeds for the purchase of the Bonds has been made;

(k) a certificate dated April 27, 2010 executed on behalf of the Fiscal Agent as to the authorization of the Fiscal Agent to enter into and act under the Fiscal Agency Agreement and appointing persons authorized to execute documents and authenticate the Bonds on its behalf;

(l) global bond certificates representing the Bonds, bearing numbers 0001, 0002 and 0003 each in the principal amount of U.S. $500,000,000, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), in the form attached as Exhibit 1 to the Fiscal Agency Agreement (collectively, the “Global Bonds”), signed and countersigned by persons authorized to do so under the FAA and the Authorizing Order, and authenticated by an authorized signatory of the Fiscal Agent; and

(m) such other documents and matters of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

In such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as photostatic, facsimile, electronic or certified copies.

For the purposes of this opinion, we have assumed that the Underwriting Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement are within the capacities and powers of and have been validly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties to those agreements other than the Province and that those other parties have obtained any regulatory approvals applicable to them.

This opinion is limited to matters of British Columbia law and federal law of Canada applicable in British Columbia. To the extent that United States law and procedure is applicable to the matters stated herein, we have relied upon the opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP. We have not been asked to comment on, and express no opinion as to, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and Final Prospectus.

Based and relying on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that under the laws of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable in British Columbia:

1. The Province has full power and authority to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and to issue and sell the Bonds.

2. The Underwriting Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Province and each is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Province, except as rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited under applicable law.

3. The Global Bonds have been duly authorized, executed and issued by the Province and duly authenticated by the Fiscal Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement and in accordance with the laws of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable in British Columbia and the Authorizing Order. Upon the Global Bonds having been delivered to DTC in accordance with the Fiscal Agency Agreement and payment for the Bonds having been made to the Province in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, the Global Bonds will constitute valid, legally binding, direct and unconditional general obligations of the Province in accordance with their terms and will rank equally and ratably with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Province outstanding on the date of issue of the Bonds.

4. All authorizations, approvals, consents, orders and waivers required under the laws of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable in British Columbia to permit the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the issuance of the Bonds and the performance by the Province of its obligations thereunder have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

5. Proceedings may be brought against the Province in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and no applicable law requires the consent of any public official or authority for proceedings to be brought or judgment to be obtained against the Province arising out of or relating to obligations under the Bonds, nor is any immunity from jurisdiction available to the Province in any proceedings in the Supreme Court of British Columbia brought in accordance with the Crown Proceeding Act (British Columbia) and within applicable limitation periods,

whether or not a party to the proceedings or the holder of a Bond is resident within British Columbia or is a citizen of Canada.

6. The statements in the Time of Sale Information and Final Prospectus under the caption “Description of Bonds” and “Underwriting”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters or documents referred to therein, are accurate in all material respects, subject to the qualifications stated therein.

7. The statements in the Time of Sale Information and Final Prospectus under the caption “Tax Matters--Canadian Taxation”, to the extent that they constitute summaries of legal matters referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the legal matters referred to therein.

8. Although we are not passing upon and assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, based upon our participation in conferences with representatives of the Province at which the contents of the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed, no facts have come to our attention which lead us to believe that: (A) the Registration Statement (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we have not been requested to comment), at the time each part became effective or on the date of the Underwriting Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) that the Time of Sale Information (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we have not been requested to comment), as of the “Time of Sale” (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (C) that the Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we have not been requested to comment), as of its date or the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

This opinion is subject to the following qualifications:

(i) claims under the Underwriting Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Bonds may become barred under the Limitation Act (British Columbia) or may be or become subject to defences of set-off or counterclaim;

(ii) the enforceability of any particular provision of the Underwriting Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Bonds is subject to general principles of equity;

(iii) the remedies of injunction and specific performance are not available against the Province under the Crown Proceeding Act (British Columbia);

(iv) determinations, certificates, notifications, opinions, calculations or requests made by the Province, the Underwriters or the Fiscal Agent under the Underwriting Agreement, the Fiscal Agency Agreement, or the Bonds, as the case may be, pursuant to any discretion therein conferred may not be enforceable or conclusive if shown to have an unreasonable or arbitrary basis or if there is manifest error;

(v) an order obtained in proceedings against the Province in the Supreme Court of British Columbia may not, by virtue of the Crown Proceeding Act (British Columbia), be enforced by execution, attachment or process of that nature, but the Crown Proceeding Act (British Columbia) does provide that if such an order for the payment of money is made, the proper officer of the court must, on application, issue a certificate stating the amount payable, and the Minister of Finance must (subject to the court or an appellate court directing that payment be suspended pending an appeal or otherwise) pay out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of British Columbia to the person entitled, or to that person’s order, the amount appearing by the certificate to be due, together with the interest, if any, lawfully due;

(vi) where obligations are to be performed in a jurisdiction outside British Columbia, they may not be enforceable in British Columbia to the extent that performance would be illegal under the laws of the other jurisdiction;

(vii) a British Columbia court will not ordinarily enforce a foreign judgment which is not final and conclusive, which is found to have been obtained by fraud or in a manner contrary to natural justice, which relates to a matter previously adjudicated by a British Columbia court or involving the enforcement of foreign penal or revenue laws, which is rendered by a foreign court which the British Columbia court does not recognize as having jurisdiction over the party against whom judgment was rendered, or where the enforcement is otherwise found to be contrary to public policy;

(viii) an award of costs of litigation brought before a British Columbia court is in the discretion of the court notwithstanding any contrary provisions contained in any agreement;

(ix) the Currency Act (Canada) precludes a court in Canada from giving a judgment in any currency other than Canadian currency, but Section 7(e) of the Fiscal Agency Agreement contains an indemnity by the Province

applicable to any loss or damage which arises out of the payment in Canadian currency pursuant to the judgment of a court, of an amount which under the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Bonds is expressed to be payable in a currency other than Canadian currency; and

(x) the Foreign Money Claims Act (British Columbia) provides that if a court considers that a person in whose favour an order for the payment of money is to be made will be most truly and exactly compensated if all or part of the money payable under the order is measured in a currency other than Canadian currency, the court shall order that the money payable under the order will be that amount of Canadian currency that is necessary to purchase the equivalent amount of the other currency at a chartered bank in British Columbia at the close of business on the conversion date. The Act defines conversion date, in effect, as the last day before the day on which a payment under the order is made that the relevant chartered bank quotes a Canadian dollar equivalent to the other currency. The Act and the Foreign Money Claims Regulation made under it also provide, in effect, that, subject to the discretion of the court, interest payable after the date of an order to which the Act applies shall accrue at the applicable foreign prime rate (as described in the Regulation) until payment.

This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with this issue of Bonds. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent, except that Shearman & Sterling LLP and the Fiscal Agent are entitled to rely on this opinion as if it were addressed to them.

We consent to the inclusion of this opinion in a Form 18-K/A amendment to the Province’s Annual Report on Form 18-K for the year ended March 31, 2009, which Annual Report is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. .

Yours very truly,


/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx

Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Senior Solicitor
Legal Services Branch
Ministry of Attorney General
Province of British Columbia

Schedule of Expenses

SCHEDULE OF EXPENSES

It is estimated that the expenses of the Province of British Columbia in connection with the sale of the Bonds will be as follows:

Securities and Exchange Commission fee		U.S. $ 92,000.00
Listing fees and expenses		15,800.00
Printing expenses		6,000.00
Fiscal Agent fees and expenses		6,500.00
Legal fees and expenses		84,300.00
Underwriters’ expense reimbursement		75,000.00
TOTAL		U.S.$279,600.00

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