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December 8, 2008

Evergreen Brick Works' Ground Breaking ceremony

Evergreen Brick Works, Canada’s first large-scale environmental discovery centre, took a big step closer to becoming reality at a groundbreaking event held today. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Government of Canada; Aileen Carroll, Minister of Culture, Government of Ontario; David Miller, Mayor of the City of Toronto; Geoff Cape, Executive Director, Evergreen; and students from Cassandra Public School, planted trees and broke ground signalling the start of construction for this innovative community project. Evergreen Brick Works will open in Spring, 2010.

Minister Carroll and Minister Flaherty plant trees following remarks at the December 8 groundbreaking ceremony for Evergreen Brick Works. Yilin Zhao a student at Cassandra Public School who spoke at during the ceremony and Bill Downe, President and CEO, BMO Financial Group are pictured in the background.

Geoff Cape, Evergreen’s Executive Director, and Minister Carroll look on as Toronto Mayor, David Miller, speaks with media following a tree planting.

Geoff Cape, Evergreen’s Executive Director, Minister Carroll and Mayor Miller look on as Minister Flaherty speaks to media during a press conference following the groundbreaking event for Evergreen Brick Works.