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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.14




                             ASSIGNMENT OF INSURANCE




TO:               STRIKER PAPER CANADA, INC.

RE:               Credit Union Central of Ontario Limited ("CUCO") and So-Use
                  Credit Union Limited ("SUCU") (collectively, the "LENDER")
                  loan to Striker Paper Canada, Inc. (the "BORROWER") - 100
                  Ormond Street South, Thorold, Ontario (the "PROPERTY")

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                  WHEREAS the Borrower as of the date of this assignment is
indebted to the Lender in the total amount of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
($800,000.00) (the "LOAN") which is secured by a Charge/Mortgage of Land (the
"MORTGAGE"), which is registered against the Property.

                  AND WHEREAS the Borrower has agreed to assign to the Lender as
additional security for the amounts it borrowed from the Lender on account of
the Loan, all present and future policy or polices of insurance now or hereafter
insuring the building, improvements, fixtures and other property situate in, on
or under or arising out of or from its interest in the Property including,
without limitation, policies of insurance for property damage, loss of rental
income and business interruptions, professional liability, general liability,
fire and extended peril and boiler and machinery (hereinafter collectively
called the "POLICIES").

                  NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the Lender making the
initial advance under the Loan and the sum of $2.00 paid by the Lender to the
undersigned (the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged by the
undersigned), the undersigned acknowledges and agrees as follows:

1.       the Borrower assigns, transfers and sets over the Policies to the
         Lender and grants a security interest in the Policies to the Lender
         together with all right, title and interest in and to the Policies and
         also together with all proceeds and other amounts payable in respect of
         the Policies or at any time derived by the Policies or any part or
         parts thereof (such Policies and all right, title and interest thereto
         and all proceeds and other amounts in respect thereof or derived
         therefrom being hereinafter collectively the "COLLATERAL");

2.       the Collateral shall be held by the Lender as a general and continuing
         security for the payment of the Loan including, without limitation, all
         present or future, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured
         or unmatured obligations or other indebtedness or liabilities of the
         Borrower to the Lender;

3.       the issuers from time to time of the Policies are irrevocably
         authorized and directed to pay to the Lender or as the Lender may in
         writing direct, all proceeds and other amounts payable under or
         pursuant to the Policies. Any such proceeds received by the Lender may
         be appropriated by the Lender from time to time on account of such part
         or parts of the indebtedness and liabilities owing by the Borrower to
         the Lender as the Lender may determine to be most advantageous to it.
         The Lender is expressly authorized to collect, demand, sue for,
         enforce, recover and receive the proceeds of the Policies and to give
         valid and binding receipts and discharges therefor, as if the Lender
         were the absolute owner thereof and without regard to the state of
         accounts between the Borrower and the Lender;



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4.       the Lender may collect, demand, sue for, enforce, recover, receive,
         realize, sell or otherwise deal with the Collateral or any part thereof
         in such manner and upon such terms and conditions and at such time or
         times, whether before or after default, as may seem to it advisable and
         without notice to the Borrower;

5.       any proceeds or other amounts collected or received by the Borrower in
         respect of the Collateral shall be received as trustee for the Lender
         and shall forthwith be paid to the Lender;

6.       the Lender shall not be bound or accountable for any failure to
         collect, demand, sue for, enforce, recover, receive, realize, sell or
         obtain payment of the Collateral or any part thereof and the Lender
         shall not be bound to institute proceedings for any such purpose or for
         the purpose of preserving any rights of the Lender, the Borrower or any
         other person in respect thereof and the Lender shall not be responsible
         for any loss or damage which may occur in consequence of the negligence
         of any officer, agent or solicitor employed in the collection or
         realization thereof;

7.       the Lender may charge on its own behalf and also pay to others
         reasonable sums for expenses incurred and for services rendered
         (expressly including legal advice and services) in connection with its
         doing anything authorized by this assignment or by law including,
         without limitation, collecting, realizing or obtaining payment of the
         Collateral or any part thereof and the Lender may add the amount of
         such expenses to the indebtedness owing by the Borrower to the Lender;

8.       the Borrower shall from time to time forthwith on the Lender's request
         do, make and execute all such assignments, documents, acts, matters and
         things as may be required by the Lender of or with respect to the
         Collateral or any part thereof or as may be required to give effect to
         these presents, and the Borrower irrevocably constitutes and appoints
         the Lender the true and lawful attorney of the Borrower with full power
         of substitution to do, make and execute all such assignments,
         documents, acts, matters and things with the right to use the name of
         the Borrower whenever and wherever it may deem necessary or expedient;

9.       this assignment shall be a continuing agreement in every respect and
         shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors
         and assigns of the Borrower. No remedy for the enforcement of the
         rights of the Lender hereunder shall be exclusive of or dependent on
         any other remedy, but any one or more of the such remedies may from
         time to time be exercised independently or in combination. The Borrower
         and Lender have not agreed to postpone the time for attachment of the
         security interest created or provided for by this assignment. If more
         than one person executes this assignment, their obligations hereunder
         shall be joint and several;

10.      the Borrower shall pay all premiums and renewal premiums and other
         charges necessary to keep each of the Policies in full force and effect
         and the Borrower shall provide evidence of such payment and of all
         renewals to the Lender at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the
         expiry of the respective Policies. However, the Lender may at any time
         and from time to time pay any such premiums or other charges necessary
         to keep any one or more the Policies in full force and effect and the
         Lender may charge reasonable amounts for services rendered in so
         keeping the Policies in force and may add the amounts so paid or any of
         the charges so made to the indebtedness owing by the Borrower to the
         Lender. The Borrower shall indemnify and save the Lender harmless from
         and against any amounts so paid by the Lender or any charges imposed by
         the Lender under this assignment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
         Lender shall not be obligated to utilize its owns funds or to otherwise
         pay for any renewal of any one or more of the Policies or to pay any
         premiums or other charges that may be owing in respect of any of the
         Policies even if the failure to pay same may jeopardize the existence
         of any one or more of the Policies; and



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11.      this assignment shall extend to and bind and enure to the benefit of
         the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor has executed this assignment as of the _____
day of ___________________, 1998.




                                STRIKER PAPER CANADA, INC.

                                Per:                                        c/s
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                                Name:
                                Title:

                                Per:
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                                Name:
                                Title:

                                I/We have the authority to bind the Corporation.




May 19, 1998