Thank you for the question.
Indeed, we launched the Canada 150 celebrations on December 31, in 19 cities across the country. There are four themes that frame the celebration: environment, youth, diversity and inclusion, and reconciliation with aboriginal peoples. We have a $200 million fund to support programming for this celebration. We received project requests of about $1.7 billion, so as you can see there is a lot of interest.
I in fact had the opportunity of making an announcement with you at the Granby Zoo last week for an interesting community project. We awarded $148,000 to support an environmental project for the purpose of developing environmental awareness among the people of the regions of Montérégie and the Eastern Townships.
In the context of Canada 150, there are several events that will be announced shortly. We are going to celebrate four holidays in particular. The first is National Aboriginal Day, which is held on June 21; the second is the Quebec National Holiday, and the holiday of all francophones, which is held on June 24; the third is Canadian Multiculturalism Day, held on June 26; and finally Canada Day, which will be held as usual on July 1. Throughout these festivities, 19 cities will participate. In order to ensure that we have a good representation and support in the 19 cities, Canada Day will be celebrated in those 19 cities.
Those who would like further information may consult the website. There is also a mobile app, Passport 2017. I invite all of the members here, and the senators, to download the mobile app. People can have access to the information thanks to this mobile app.