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CALIAN GROUP LTD. $56 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CGY; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 11.9 million; Market cap: $666.4 million; Dividend yield: 2.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.calian.com) provides business services to the healthcare, defence, security, aerospace, engineering, agriculture and technology industries. Calian pays a quarterly dividend of $0.28 a share; the annual rate of $1.12 yields 2.0%. That payment went up five times between 2010 and 2012. It has been steady for investors since then. In Calian’s fiscal 2024 second quarter, ended March 31, 2024, its revenue rose 19.5%, to $201.3 million from $168.5 million a year earlier. That increase was due to a 16% contribution from acquisitions, plus 3% organic sales. Earnings in the quarter gained 8.9%, to $4.9 million from $4.5 million a year earlier. Due to more share outstanding, per-share earnings increased 7.9%, to $0.41 from $0.38. Calian is a buy. EXTENDICARE INC. $7.56 remains a buy. This operator of long-term care (LTC) homes (Toronto symbol EXE; High-Growth…