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Subject: Big Canadian projects
Category: Reference, Education and News > Current Events
Asked by: jhabley-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 15 Jan 2004 08:48 PST
Expires: 15 Jan 2004 11:32 PST
Question ID: 296773
I'm looking for a short (3-5) list of things/projects in Canada "they"
said could never be done -- ideas that seemed so out of sight to the
public, but which managed to get pulled off (like Confederation
Bridge). They don't have to be current references.

I'd also love one example of a big idea in Canada that failed
miserably and would like to be pointed to audio of any of these
examples -- such as a government official announcing the project, etc.
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Subject: Re: Big Canadian projects
From: emjay-ga on 15 Jan 2004 10:15 PST
 
Hi jhabley,

Off the top of my head, the Canadian Firearms Registry is a prime
example of a failed initiative - I believe the initial budget was $2
million and the current tab $300 million, not to mention that it
really hasn't accomplished much.

Emjay-ga
Subject: Re: Big Canadian projects
From: aht-ga on 15 Jan 2004 10:22 PST
 
jhabley-ga:

The biggest thing that they said could not be done (yet was), was the
building of the Canadian Pacific railway in the late 1800's.
Technically delivered on-time, let's not talk about budget:

http://www.cprheritage.com/history/display1.htm

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