Canadian Heritage committee  As I mentioned, a national council was established, which was, if you like, the organizing committee for the different celebrations. It was established by the federal, state, and territory governments in partnership. There was joint involvement from both parts of government in ru

Canadian Heritage committee  The state...?

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's right. Yes. They both provided funding and were involved in staffing the national council.

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said in my statement, I think one of the issues the commemoration sought to tackle was the large level of ignorance about Australian history. Indicative of that was the competition on who our first prime minister was. That was one objective. The second objective was to make

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said, the process was launched in 1994 with an advisory committee, which delivered a report recommending different ways to celebrate the centenary. That advisory committee took input from the community and from governments at all levels. We started seven years in advance of

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's my pleasure to be here with you today. I'm going to make a few opening remarks. I'm happy to take questions afterwards. I've circulated a copy of my remarks. It would be useful to start off by making the obvious observation that Australia and Can