Sheila Copps on National Film Board

In the House of Commons on November 30th, 1999. See this statement in context.

National Film BoardOral Question Period

November 30th, 1999 / 2:45 p.m.

Hamilton East Ontario

Liberal

Sheila Copps LiberalMinister of Canadian Heritage

Mr. Speaker, with the support of the Reform Party and all other parties in opposition I think we want especially to salute the 60th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada.

This organization in its 60 years of existence has garnered almost 4,000 awards for excellence. This year it launched CinéRoute, a new project to put 1,000 movies on the web for every Canadian to be able to watch.

I think that the history of the National Film—

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