It was a cost-sharing program with the three levels of government. The federal government, by statute, said they'd put up a dollar if the province put up a dollar, and then the municipalities could put up one dollar or more. The aggregate funds would be used to build centennial projects, preferably projects of a “lasting value and nature”--those were the key words.
There's an analysis in my book. First of all, there's a statistical table that shows all of the projects all across the country and what kinds they were. They reflected the ethos of the province in every case. It was really quite remarkable.
The program was going so well. It was very slim on time then. Who was the minister...not Judy LaMarsh, but Lamontagne, who said, “Well, wait a minute, all these municipalities are getting all these projects. I think we should have a major project in each province paid for fully by the federal government—$25 million each.” That's where some of the great big projects occurred, and the two Jubilee projects in Alberta are examples. They were paid for totally by centennial grants, so it was kind of the whim of the minister at the time, and it was accepted.