Al Gore to deliver important global message to Toronto investment and business audience

Al Gore to deliver important global message to Toronto investment and business audience TORONTO, April 18 /CNW/ - VenGrowth Asset Management Inc. (VenGrowth)announces that former US Vice President Al Gore will present on the effects of- and solutions for - global warming at an exclusive event in Toronto nextweek. VenGrowth, in association with affiliate Criterion Investments(Criterion), presents An Evening with Al Gore at Toronto's Hummingbird Centrefor the Performing Arts on April 28, 2007. Tickets are by invitation only andthe audience will include leaders from the local investment and businesscommunities. "Recent polls show that the environment is the number one issue forCanadians," said David Ferguson, VenGrowth Managing General Partner. "Al Gorehas become the planet's unofficial spokesperson on climate change and we'redelighted to bring him to Toronto to share an important global message." "Business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors are seeking to betterunderstand environmental issues and how best to adapt," added Ian McPherson,President of Criterion. "From our perspective, the investment opportunitiescreated by greater environmental awareness are of particular interest.Education on the issues and tabling of potential solutions are the firststeps, and Al Gore is playing a leading role in that respect." An Inconvenient Truth, the film that documents Al Gore's crusade to haltglobal warming's progress, won the 2007 Academy Award for Best DocumentaryFeature.
About VenGrowth
Founded in 1982, VenGrowth is a manager and distributor of value-addedinvestment alternatives. VenGrowth manages over $1 billion in assets on behalfof more than 200,000 individual investors as well as leading pension funds,banks, insurance companies and family foundations. VenGrowth's offices arelocated in Toronto (corporate headquarters) and Ottawa. For more information,please visit www.vengrowth.com.
About Criterion
Criterion is committed to creating insightful solutions for everydayCanadian investors. Criterion combines unique investment structures withbest-in-class asset managers or strategies to offer investors opportunitiesfor access to exclusive asset classes, enhanced yield, tax efficiency and riskreduction. Criterion is an affiliate of VenGrowth Asset Management Inc. Formore information, please visit www.criterioninvestments.com.
Criterion launched Canada's first and only actively-managed water fund -Criterion Water Infrastructure Fund - in February 2007 to enable Canadianinvestors to tap into a global water industry being driven by undeniabletrends, including climate change.
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For further information: Angus Fisher, Manager, Media & Communications,VenGrowth Asset Management Inc., (416) 628-9255, afisher@vengrowth.com

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