Labourers who built Rideau Canal likely to get recognition soon

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After years of denial and delay, historic recognition of the thousands of labourers who built the Rideau Canal could be just months away. Emails between Environment Minister Peter Kent’s office and Ottawa resident Kevin Dooley — spokesman for a group that has sought recognition for the canal workers since 2006 — disclose that officials in Kent’s office are “expediting” the request.

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