HDCAM in Toronto

I am working on an HD project and will be needing to output it to HDCAM but do not have a deck (not surprisingly). So I am looking for a post house in the Toronto area that has Final Cut and the ability to produce a HDCAM tape. I have tried it at my normal house but they don't have a MAC hooked up that can do it so it's been a bit of a mess getting the material converted from Quicktime over to windows...
Any recommendations?
Thanks
Paul
Dual 1GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.75GB ATI9800, FCStudio

David Slater will know this.
When he comes online, I'm sure he'll get you the places that can do this.
Shane
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