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Towards a New Millennium 1996-2000
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At the 1996 Olympics, the world's fastest man was Canadian sprinter
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By 1997, economic times were improving
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The new automobiles that were gaining popularity were
4.
After 130 years, the Canadian retail company,
5.
New technolosical inventions or items included
6.
The Canadian telecommunications siant
7.
By the late 1990s, Canada's medicare systems was depleting as over 10 million
as unemployment and interest rates
closed.
, was a pioneer in wireless technology.
were aging and using more medical services.
8.
The most problematic sectors of Canadian society were in
and
due to lack of funding and budget cuts.
9.
Thousands of teens went to
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Adrienne Clarkson became the second woman (flrst visible minority woman) appointed to represent
and experimented with drugs.
the Queen as Canada's
On the environmental front. scientists continued to warn
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of
In 2000, a deadly strain of Ecoli was found in the
Ontario, killing seven people.
13. In an attempt to unite right wing conservatives,
in Walkerton,
a new
political party called the
was created and led by Stockwell Day.
14. In 1997,
15.
By
1995,
was re-elected with a 3ro majority government.
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of Canada's trade was with U.S., with over $1
a day in business.
t6. In 1998, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that if Quebec wanted independence, it would have to
win a referendum with a clear
t1. In 1999, a new territory called
Artic.
was created in Canada's eastern
18. For 7 years in a row, the United Nations named Canada as the
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