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December 4, 2002
Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Premier Gordon Campbell announce funding for the expansion of the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 4, 2002. Most of the half-billion-dollar project will be paid for by the two governments on a matching, cost-shared basis, with the tourism sector contributing $90 million of the total.
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December 4, 2002
Prime Minister Chretien announces the federal commitment to the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, noting that the governments of Canada and B.C. have agreed the expansion is a priority that will contribute to the long-term economic growth of the province.
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December 4, 2002
Premier Campbell discusses the importance of the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre expansion to the 2010 Olympic Bid, and to the tourism industry in B.C. The centre generates more than $250 million in economic activity every year, but in 2001 Vancouver lost an estimated 50 conventions and another $146 million in economic activity because the centre is to small.
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December 4, 2002
Prime Minister Chretien and Premier Campbell shake hands over a model of downtown Vancouver as it will be with the expanded convention centre. Looking on, from left: Nancy Stibbard, past president of the expansion task force; Competition, Science and Enterprise Minister Rick Thorpe; Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell.
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