Honourable Bill Bennett


   
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – July 17, 2008 – Minister Bennett joined Partners in Creative Development to announce the latest grant recipients. From Japanese killer hornet’s juice to dancing Zambonis, and from urban aerial dance to farm theatre performed on horse-drawn wagons, Arts Partners in Creative Development (APCD) has invested in 17 diverse creative works for a total of $1.6 million.

The announcement was made by the six APCD partners; the Province of British Columbia, City of Vancouver, Canada Council for the Arts, Vancouver Foundation, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and 2010 Legacies Now.

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The Honourable Bill Bennett, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts signs the Oath Book while being sworn in as a Member of the Executive Council.

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The Honourable Bill Bennett is appointed Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts. Minister Bennett is one of five new ministers selected by Premier Gordon Campbell as part of the new cabinet announced on June 23, 2008.

Left to right: The Honourable Steven L. Point, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia; the Honourable Bill Bennett, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts; and the Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia.

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Ministers of the new provincial cabinet take the oaths of allegiance, of office and of confidentiality.

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The new provincial cabinet, including five new members, from left to right: Joan McIntyre, Bill Bennett, Iain Black, Mary Polak and Blair Lekstrom.

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