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require a new and bigger facility to preserve the With that, Ethier and the LAC team realized that
documentation of Canada's history now and in the they would need more space to house the archives.
long term. They also wanted to support the Government
of Canada's cultural infrastructure objective by
"Because of the requirements of our ever-growing providing specialized and flexible sustainable Photo courtesy of Plenary Properties Gatineau.
collection, we're gathering archival materials for facilities and purpose-built physical infrastructure to
generations to come. Our job is to document the support Library and Archives Canada's mandate.
history of Canada, so it's never going to stop," Ethier
says. "When you're preserving archival collections, you
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