This just announced: ----------------------------------------------------------- New museum highlights Canadian history To cost $90M and be built over five years Monday, May 26, 2003 OTTAWA (CP) -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced plans Monday for a major new museum in the country's capital dedicated to political and civic history. The Canadian History Centre, which will cost $90 million over five years, will be housed in the city's former railway station, which has been used as a government conference centre in recent years. "Our political history is a rich one that needs to be told," Chretien said in announcing the project. "The Canada of today was determined by the will of its people and by the vision of the leaders they chose to represent them." He said the centre will make political history more accessible by arranging travelling exhibits, as well as using the Internet. It will draw on the resources of the National Library and the Public Archives of Canada, as well as other museums and collections. The museum will also highlight the important roles that aboriginals, settlers and immigrants played in creating and transforming the country. It is expected the project will cost about $90 million, including $40 million for renovations to the building, which was built between 1909 and 1912. The centre joins the capital's other major museums, which include the Museum of Civilization, the Canadian War Museum, the Canadian Museum of Nature, the Canadian Aviation Museum and the Canadian Science and Technology Museum. © Copyright 2003 The Canadian Press ---------------------------------------------------------- I makes me sick to my stomach. While we, the ordinary people, are working so hard to persuade the politicians to make our history available to us 92 years after it was recorded, they go ahead and spent OUR money to distribute our rich political history. Where is the justice in this country? Ian Holmes

Sounds as if Jean Chretien wants to build a memorial to himself. This money would be better used in the Health Care System. We DON'T need another museum!!!!!!!! Rita Ian Holmes wrote: > This just announced: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > New museum highlights Canadian history > To cost $90M and be built over five years > > Monday, May 26, 2003 > OTTAWA (CP) -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced plans Monday for a > major new museum in the country's capital dedicated to political and > civic history. > > The Canadian History Centre, which will cost $90 million over five > years, will be housed in the city's former railway station, which has > been used as a government conference centre in recent years. > > "Our political history is a rich one that needs to be told," Chretien > said in announcing the project. "The Canada of today was determined by > the will of its people and by the vision of the leaders they chose to > represent them." > > He said the centre will make political history more accessible by > arranging travelling exhibits, as well as using the Internet. > > It will draw on the resources of the National Library and the Public > Archives of Canada, as well as other museums and collections. > > The museum will also highlight the important roles that aboriginals, > settlers and immigrants played in creating and transforming the country. > > It is expected the project will cost about $90 million, including $40 > million for renovations to the building, which was built between 1909 > and 1912. > > The centre joins the capital's other major museums, which include the > Museum of Civilization, the Canadian War Museum, the Canadian Museum of > Nature, the Canadian Aviation Museum and the Canadian Science and > Technology Museum. > © Copyright 2003 The Canadian Press > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > I makes me sick to my stomach. > > While we, the ordinary people, are working so hard to persuade the > politicians to make our history available to us 92 years after it was > recorded, they go ahead and spent OUR money to distribute our rich > political history. > > Where is the justice in this country? > > Ian Holmes > > ==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe from Mail Mode. Send a message to > [email protected] that contains > (in the Subject line and body of the message) the command > -- unsubscribe -- and no additional text.