2004 in Canada

Events

January 1: Montreal Dorval Airport is renamed, after some controversy, Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
January 5: Canadian dollar value climbs above $ .78 US, for the first time since July 1993
January 5: World Junior Hockey Championship Team Canada is defeated by Team USA 4-3 in the Final at Helsinki, Finland
January 7: NHL suspends Toronto Maple Leafs's Mats Sundin after he threw his stick into the stands after it broke, no one was hurt, only suspended one game.
January 7: Randy Ferbey wins Canada Cup opener
January 12: Stephen Harper enters leadership race for the new Conservative Party of Canada
January 13- President George W. Bush allows Canada to bid for contracts in Iraq.
January 16: Race begins in Nunavut general election, 2004.
January 19: Government of Canada challenges Department of Justice of Canada against repayment of same-sex benefit dating back to 1985.
January 19: Quebec Provincial Police announces new police force to fight organized crime.
January 22: Montreal's Sainte Justine Children's Hospital warns of a former surgeon who may have infected 2,600 patients with HIV, by letter.
February 16: Polling day, Nunavut general election, 2004.
April 1: Federal redistricting comes into effect
April?: Canadian federal election, 2004
June 13: 2004 Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal, Quebec

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