Exhibit 10.9

                               EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT made as of the           day of          ,2001

AMONG:

                        THE BUCK A DAY COMPANY INC.,
                        a  corporation  incorporated  under the laws of Ontario,
                        (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation,

                                                              OF THE FIRST PART,

                                     - and -

                        KEITH KENNEDY
                        of the Town of  Newmarket,  in the  Province  of Ontario
                        (hereinafter referred to as the "Executive")

                                                             OF THE SECOND PART.

      WHEREAS the Corporation  wishes to retain the services of the Executive to
provide the services hereinafter described during the term hereinafter set out:

      NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the mutual
covenants  and  agreements  herein  contained  and for other  good and  valuable
consideration, the parties agree as follows:

1. TERM

      The  Corporation  shall employ the  Executive for a period of three years,
from November 1, 2001 to and including  October 31, 2004, unless such employment
shall be terminated earlier as hereinafter provided. Upon the expiry of the term
of this  agreement on October 31,  2004,  and on each  anniversary  of such date
falling  thereafter,  the term of this agreement shall automatically be extended
for one  additional  year on the same terms and  conditions  except as to annual
salary unless,  not less than six months prior to any such  anniversary,  either
the Executive or the  Corporation  shall have given written  notice to the other
that it does not wish to further extend this agreement.

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2. DUTIES

      The Executive  shall serve the  Corporation  and any  subsidiaries  of the
Corporation  in such  capacity or  capacities  and shall perform such duties and
exercise  such  powers  pertaining  to  the  management  and  operation  of  the
Corporation  [and any  subsidiaries  and associates of the Corporation (as those
terms are defined in the Canada Business  Corporations Act] as may be determined
from  time to time by the  Chairman  consistent  with  the  office  of the  Vice
President,  Operations. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Executive shall
occupy the office of the Vice President, Operations of the Corporation.

3. REPORTING PROCEDURES

      The Executive shall report to the Chairman of the Board of Directors.  The
Executive shall report fully on the management,  operations and business affairs
of the  Corporation and advise to the best of his ability and in accordance with
reasonable  business  standards on business  matters that may arise from time to
time during the term of this agreement.

4. REMUNERATION

      (a) The annual  base  salary  payable to the  Executive  for his  services
hereunder  for the  first  year of the term of this  agreement  shall be  Eighty
Thousand  Dollars  ($80,000.00),   exclusive  of  bonuses,  benefits  and  other
compensation.  The annual base salary  payable to the Executive for his services
hereunder for each successive  year of the term of this agreement,  exclusive of
bonuses, benefits and other compensation, shall increase by ten percent (10%) of
the annual  base  salary for the  immediately  preceding  year.  The annual base
salary  payable to the  Executive  pursuant to the  provisions of this section 4
shall be payable  in equal semi-monthly  installments  in arrears on the 1st and
15th day of each month or in such other  manner as may be mutually  agreed upon,
less, in any case, any deductions or withholdings required by law.

      (b) the  Corporation  shall provide the Executive  with employee  benefits
comparable  to those  provided  by the  Corporation  from  time to time to other
senior  executives  of  the  Corporation  and  shall  permit  the  Executive  to
participate  in any share option plan,  share purchase pan,  retirement  plan or
similar  plan  offered  by the  Corporation  from  time to  time  to its  senior
executives  in the manner and to the extent  authorized  by the  Chairman of the
Corporation.

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5. NO FURTHER SALARY ADJUSTMENTS

      Other than as herein provided,  there shall be no cost-of-living  increase
or merit  increase in the annual base salary  unless agreed to in writing by the
Corporation.

6. VACATION

      The  Executive  shall be entitled to four weeks' paid  vacation per fiscal
year of the  Corporation  at a time approved in advance by the  Chairman,  which
approval  shall not be  unreasonably  withheld  but shall take into  account the
staffing requirements of the Corporation and the need for the timely performance
of the Executive's responsibilities. In the event that the Executive decides not
to take all the  vacation  to which  he is  entitled  in any  fiscal  year,  the
Executive  shall  be  entitled  to take up to one week of such  vacation  in the
consecutive following fiscal year at a time approved in advance by the Chairman.

7. AUTOMOBILE

      The Executive shall be supplied with a purchased or leased car selected by
the  Corporation  to  be  used  by  him  for  the  Corporation's  business.  The
Corporation  shall pay or reimburse the Executive for all  reasonable  operating
costs of this vehicle, including leasing costs, insurance,  maintenance, gas and
oil,  properly  incurred  or to be  incurred in  connection  with the  Executive
carrying out his duties  hereunder.  The Executive  shall supply the Corporation
with the  originals  of all  invoices  or  statements  in  respect  of which the
Executive seeks reimbursement.

8. EXPENSES

      The Executive  shall be  reimbursed  for all  reasonable  travel and other
out-of-pocket expenses actually and properly incurred by the Executive from time
to time in  connection  with  carrying  out his duties  hereunder.  For all such
Expense the Executive shall furnish to the Corporation originals of all invoices
or statements in respect of which the Executive seeks reimbursement.

9. TERMINATION

      This agreement may be immediately  terminated by the Corporation by notice
to the Executive if the Executive becomes permanently  disabled provided however
annual base salary shall be paid as set out in Article 11. The  Executive  shall
be  deemed  to have  become  permanently  disabled  if in any  year  during  the
employment period, because of ill health, physical or mental disability,  or for
other  causes  beyond  the  control of the  Executive,  the  Executive  has been
continuously unable or unwilling or has failed to perform the Executive's duties
for 120  consecutive  days, or if, during any year of the employment  period the
Executive has been unable or unwilling or has failed to perform his duties for a
total of 180 days, consecutive or

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not.  The term  "any  year of the  employment  period"  means  any  period of 12
consecutive months during the employment period.

      This  agreement  shall  terminate  without  notice  upon the  death of the
Executive.

10. SEVERANCE PAYMENTS

      (a) If the Executive's  employment is terminated for any reason  including
death, the Executive or spouse of the Executive shall be entitled to receive the
greater of:

      (i) the total of:

            (A) 24 months' salary at the then applicable base salary rate;

            (B)  the  present  value,  as  determined  by the  Chairman,  acting
      reasonably,  of the  benefits  described  in  section  4(b) that  would be
      enjoyed by the Executive  during the  consecutive  24 months  assuming his
      employment  was not  terminated  and assuming  the then  current  level of
      benefits were continued for those 24 months; and

            (C)  the  present  value,  as  determined  by the  Chairman,  acting
      reasonably, of the amounts that would have been paid by the Corporation or
      reimbursed to the Executive  pursuant to section 8 during the  consecutive
      24 months assuming that his employment had not been termination; and

      (ii) the salary otherwise  payable to the Executive for the unexpired term
of this agreement  together with the other amounts described in clause 11(b)(i),
mutatis mutandis,  provided that in no case will the Executive receive less than
the amount to which he is entitled under the Employment Standards Act (Ontario).

The payment described in this subsection 11(b) is the only severance payment the
Executive  will receive in the event of the  termination  of this  agreement for
reasons contemplated in this subsection 11(b).

      (b) The Executive's  employment is terminated as a result of the permanent
disability  or  death  of  the  Executive,  the  Executive  or  his  estate,  as
applicable,  shall be entitled  to  receive,  within 30 days of the date of such
termination,  the balance of the base salary that would otherwise be paid to the
Executive  during the  remainder of the term of this  agreement.  The  Executive
agrees to reasonably comply with all requirements  necessary for the Corporation
to obtain life insurance for the term of this agreement.

      (c) For the  purposes  of this  section  11,  whenever  a payment is to be
determined with reference to the remaining term of this agreement,  if less than
six

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months remain in the term of this agreement and no party has given notice of its
intention  not to  renew  this  agreement  as  contemplated  by  Section  1, the
"remaining  term of this  agreement"  shall  include the  remainder  of the then
existing term of this agreement plus the renewal period.

11. CONFIDENTIALITY

      The Executive acknowledges and agrees that:

      (a) in the course of  performing  his duties  and  responsibilities  as an
officer of the  Corporation,  he has had and will continue in the future to have
access  to and  has  been  and  will be  entrusted  with  detailed  confidential
information and trade secrets (printed or otherwise)  concerning past,  present,
future and contemplated products, services,  operations and marketing techniques
and  procedures of the  Corporation  and its  subsidiaries,  including,  without
limitation,   information   relating  to  addresses,   preferences,   needs  and
requirements of past,  present and  prospective  clients,  customers,  suppliers
(which, for all purposes of this agreement,  shall be deemed to include, without
limitation,   IBM  and  employees  of  the  Corporation  and  its   subsidiaries
(collectively,  "Trade Secrets"),  the disclosure of any of which to competitors
of the Corporation or to the general public, or the use of same by the Executive
or any competitor of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries  would be highly
detrimental to the interest of the Corporation;

      (b) in the course of performing  his duties and  responsibilities  for the
Corporation,  the  Executive  has been and will  continue  in the future to be a
representative of the Corporation to its customers, clients and suppliers and as
such has had and will continue in the future to have significant  responsibility
for  maintaining  and  enhancing  the  goodwill  of the  Corporation  with  such
customers,  clients and  suppliers  and would not have,  except by virtue of his
employment with the Corporation,  developed a close and direct relationship with
the customers, clients and suppliers of the Corporation;

      (c) The Executive, as an officer of the Corporation, owes fiduciary duties
to the  Corporation,  including  the  duty to act in the  best  interest  of the
Corporation; and

      (d) the right to maintain the  confidentiality  of the Trade Secrets,  the
right to preserve the goodwill of the  Corporation  and the right to the benefit
of  any  relationships  that  have  developed  between  the  Executive  and  the
customers, clients and suppliers of the Corporation by virtue of the Executive's
employment  with  the   Corporation   constitute   proprietary   rights  of  the
Corporation, which the Corporation is entitled to protect.

      In  acknowledgment  of the matters described above and in consideration of
the payments to be received by the  Executive  pursuant to this  agreement,  the
Executive hereby agrees that he will not, for three years from the date hereof,

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directly or  indirectly  disclose to any person or in any way make use of (other
than for the  benefit  of the  Corporation),  in any  manner,  any of the  Trade
Secrets,  provided  that  such  Trade  Secrets  shall be deemed  not to  include
information that is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a
result of disclosure by the Executive.

12. NON-SOLICITATION

      The Executive hereby agrees that he will not, during the period commencing
on the date hereof and ending three years  following the  expiration of the term
of this agreement, be a party to or abet any solicitation of customers,  clients
or suppliers of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, to transfer business
from the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to any other person,  or seek in
any way to persuade  or entice any  employee  of the  Corporation  or any of its
subsidiaries  to  leave  that  employment  or to be a party  to or abet any such
action.

13. DISCLOSURE

      During the employment period, the Executive shall promptly disclose to the
Chairman full information  concerning any interest,  direct or indirect,  of the
Executive (as owner, shareholder,  partner, lender or other investor,  director,
officer,  employee,  consultant or otherwise) or any member of his family in any
business  that is  reasonably  known to the  Executive  to purchase or otherwise
obtain  services or products form, or to sell or otherwise  provide  services or
products to the corporation or to any of its suppliers or customers.

14. PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT

      The Corporation shall not move or otherwise relocate the place of business
at which the Executive  reports to work more than 50 kilometers from the current
place of business at 465 Davis Drive, Suite 226, Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 2P1.

15. RETURN OF MATERIALS

      All files, forms,  brochures,  books,  materials,  written correspondence,
memoranda,  documents,  manuals,  computer  disks,  software  products and lists
(including lists of customers, suppliers, products and prices) pertaining to the
business of the Corporation or any of its  subsidiaries  and associates that may
come into the  possession or control of the Executive  shall at all times remain
the property of the Corporation or such subsidiary or associate, as the case may
be. On termination of the Executive's  employment for any reason,  the Executive
agrees  to  deliver  promptly  to  the  Corporation  all  such  property  of the
Corporation in the  possession of the Executive or directly or indirectly  under
the control of the Executive.  The Executive agrees not to make for his personal
or business use or that of any other party,  reproductions or copies of any such
property or other property of the Corporation.

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16. GOVERNING LAW

      This agreement  shall be governed by and construed in accordance  with the
laws of the Province of Ontario.

17. SEVERABILITY

      If any provision of this agreement, including the breadth or scope of such
provision, shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unenforceable,  in whole or in part, such invalidity or  unenforceability  shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining  provisions,  or part
thereof, of this agreement and such remaining provisions, or part thereof, shall
remain enforceable and binding.

18. ENFORCEABILITY

      The  Executive   hereby   confirms  and  agrees  that  the  covenants  and
restrictions pertaining to the Executive contained in this agreement, including,
without limitation, those contained in sections 12 and 13 hereof, are reasonable
and valid and hereby further  acknowledges and agrees that the Corporation would
suffer  irreparable  injury in the event of any breach by the  Executive  of his
obligations under any such covenant or restriction.  Accordingly,  the Executive
hereby acknowledges and agrees that damages would be an inadequate remedy at law
in connection with any such breach and that the  Corporation  shall therefore be
entitled in lieu of any action for damages,  temporary and permanent  injunctive
relief enjoining and restraining the Executive from any such breach.

19. NO ASSIGNMENT

      The Executive may not assign,  pledge or encumber the Executive's interest
in this agreement nor assign any of the rights or duties of the Executive  under
this agreement without the prior written consent of the Corporation.

20. SUCCESSORS

      This  agreement  shall  be  binding  on and  enure to the  benefit  of the
successors and assigns of the  Corporation  and the heirs,  executors,  personal
legal representatives and permitted assigns of the Executive.

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21. NOTICES

      Any  notice  or other  communication  required  or  permitted  to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and either  delivered by hand or mailed by prepaid
registered  mail.  At any time other  than  during a general  discontinuance  of
postal service due to strike, lock-out or otherwise, a notice so mailed shall be
deemed to have been  received  three  business  days after the  postmarked  date
thereof or, if delivered by hand,  shall be deemed to have been  received at the
time it is delivered. If there is a general discontinuance of postal service due
to strike, lock-out or otherwise, a notice sent by prepaid registered mail shall
be deemed to have been  received  three  business  days after the  resumption of
postal service. Notices shall be addressed as follows:

      (a) If to the Corporation:

          The Buck A Day Company Inc.
          465 Davis Drive, Suite 226
          Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 2P1

          Fax: 905-868-9485

      (b) If to the Executive

          Keith Kennedy
          412 Queen Street, Unit A
          Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 2P2

          Fax:

22. LEGAL ADVICE

      The  Executive  hereby  represents  and  warrants to the  Corporation  and
acknowledges  and  agrees  that  he had  the  opportunity  to  seek  and was not
prevented nor  discouraged by the  Corporation  from seeking  independent  legal
advice prior to the  execution  and delivery of this  agreement and that, in the
event that he did not avail  himself of that  opportunity  prior to signing this
agreement,  he did so voluntarily without any undue pressure and agrees that his
failure to obtain independent legal advice shall not be used by him as a defence
to the enforcement of his obligations under this agreement.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this agreement as of the date
first above written

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED       )     THE BUCK A DAY COMPANY INC.
in the presence of:                )
                                   )
                                   )
     /s/                           ) Per:         /s/
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                                   )                 A.S.O.

                                   )       /s/ Keith Kennedy
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                                   )     KEITH KENNEDY
                                   )
                                   )
                                   )
                                   )
                                   )
                                   )