Millennium Bureau of Canada

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Millennium Bureau of Canada was a small, temporary agency of the Government of Canada, to celebrate the "millennium" during the year 2000. Its theme was Sharing the Memory, Shaping the Dream. [1]

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The Weather Network and MétéoMédia served as partners with the agency, as the official promoters of related activities across Canada.

Launch

The program was launched by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, on March 12, 1998. The federal government intentionally avoided running its own projects, in favour of assisting grassroots projects with funding. The intent was also that projects would be spread out between 1998 and 2000, as opposed to everything on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. [2] [1]

Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray noted that multiple large polls showed public support for millennium celebrations. (Gray oversaw the program, [2] with diplomat Lawrence Dickenson as its executive director. [3]

Some projects were announced at the launch, including Trans-Canada Trail funding, a national tour of the RCMP Musical Ride, and Canada: A People's History mini-series on CBC. [1]

Details of the Millennium Partnership Project was announced in June, the actual funding program. [4] [5]

Reaction

Canadian Taxpayers Federation criticized any spending on the millennium. [2] Regina Leader-Post noted a debt issue for the federal government, in its editorial, suggesting the government reconsider the millennium funding. [6] Kitchener-Waterloo Record similarly noted that the deficit was "now defeated," suggesting that people didn't "need a nickel" to reflect. [7]

Projects

The 665 projects carried out by the Millennium Bureau include:

Alberta

Ontario


The CMPP received more than 10,000 applications representing more than $1.9 billion in financial assistance for millennium projects. Since it was launched in 1998, the CMPP approved 1,745 projects representing just over $149 million in funding.

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  2. 1 2 3 Cheadle, Bruce (13 May 1998). "Chretien commits to $160M to festivities" (Newspapers.com). The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston ON. p. 14.
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  4. ↑ "Government offers funds for millennium projects". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa ON. 5 June 1998. p. C7.
  5. ↑ Sanford, Jeff (30 June 1998). "Projects, not parties, will mark milestone" (Newspapers.com). The Windsor Star. Windsor ON. p. 3.
  6. ↑ "A tick of the clock" (Newspapers.com). The Leader-Post. Regina SK. 14 March 1998. p. 14.
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