The statutory waiting period under the pre-merger notification provisions of the Competition Act (Canada) expired on December 17, 2007 in connection with the offer by 6886116 Canada Ltd., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of TELUS Corporation, to purchase all of the common shares of Emergis Inc. for $8.25 in cash per Common Share. The Commissioner of Competition has also advised that she does not intend to challenge the transaction under the merger provisions of the Competition Act.

This fulfills the condition of the Offer relating to the Competition Act (Canada), but the Offer continues to be subject to the other conditions set forth in the Offer and the offering circular dated December 11, 2007. The Offer is scheduled to be open for acceptance until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on January 16, 2008, unless withdrawn or extended.

As previously announced, the directors of Emergis (other than Pierre Ducros, a director of both TELUS and Emergis who was required to abstain for independence reasons) have unanimously approved the Offer, unanimously determined that the consideration to be received under the Offer is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Emergis shareholders, unanimously determined that the offer is in the best interests of Emergis and its shareholders and unanimously recommended that the shareholders accept the Offer and tender their Common Shares.

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