CanWest Nominates Two Additional Independent Directors to Board WINNIPEG, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CanWest Global Communications Corp. today announced that Mr. Paul V. Godfrey and Professor Ronald J. Daniels, both of Toronto, Ontario, have been nominated to stand for election to the Company's Board of Directors at its forthcoming annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in Montreal on January 29th, 2004. These nominations, announced by CanWest's Chairman, The Honourable Frank McKenna P.C. Q.C., represent the appointment of two additional independent Board members. "Paul Godfrey and Ron Daniels will each bring unique and complementary skills, as well as vast experience, to CanWest's Board, and we look forward to their wise counsel," said Frank McKenna. Mr. Godfrey, currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club, brings a wealth of experience as a corporate director, business leader, newspaper publisher and a leader in municipal politics. Prior to joining the Toronto Blue Jays, Mr. Godfrey was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sun Media Corporation, having previously served as Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Sun newspaper. Before joining The Toronto Sun, Mr. Godfrey was prominent in municipal politics in Toronto, serving as a Councillor for the City of North York and an Alderman before his appointment as Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto in 1973, a position he held for a record 11 years. Professor Daniels, a distinguished legal academic, is the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, where he has taught and written extensively in the areas of corporate and securities law, regulation and government reform. He has served as Chair of the Ontario Task Force on Securities Regulation, a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange Committee on Corporate Governance, Chair of the Ontario Electricity Market Design Committee and Special Advisor to the Ontario Government on Reform of Public Accounting Regulation. Currently, Professor Daniels is Chair of the Ontario Provincial Government's Panel on the Future of Government. Professor Daniels is serving this year as a Visiting Professor at the Yale Law School. He also serves on several corporate boards. CanWest Global Communications Corp. (NYSE: CWG; TSE: CGS.S and CGS.A; http://www.canwestglobal.com/) is an international media company. Canada's largest publisher of daily newspapers, CanWest owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in newspapers, conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, websites, and radio stations and networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Company's program production and distribution division operate in several countries throughout the world. DATASOURCE: CanWest Global Communications Corp. CONTACT: Geoffrey Elliot, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Tel: 204-956-2025, Fax: 204-947-9841,

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