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OTTAWA — An anti-communist group will get up to $1.5 million in federal funds to build a monument on Parliament Hill.Tribute to Liberty,Michael Kors Handbags, a registered charity, has already received approval to build a memorial to people killed by communist regimes.By last summer the group had raised $140,000 for the project whose estimated cost is up to $4 million, but had already spent a large portion of the money raised. It asked for public funds.On Friday, Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander jointly announced funding of “up to $1.5 million over two years” under Citizenship and Immigration’s Inter-Action program.The monument will stand between Library and Archives Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada.Tribute to Liberty says the National Capital Commission’s guidelines require a design competition for the memorial. The competition may start late this year.The project has been seen as a potential irritant to China, a close trade partner of Canada. Originally the name was chosen as “Monument to Victims of Totalitarian Communism” to avoid offending China.But the name is now “A Memorial to Victims of Communism, period,” said Ludwik Klimkowski,michael kors canada, chair of Tribute to Liberty.Klimkowski says his organization has raised about $1 million since he became the chair last October.Together with the federal funds,Michael Kors Outlet, “we are just about 60 per cent done” in fundraising.He said the estimated cost of $4 million is “fluid,” and is based on the costs of other monuments such as the firefighters’ memorial.“As the chair of this organization, I’d like — especially given the prominence of this site — to build a memorial that would be one of the unique and prominent monuments in Ottawa.”There are similar monuments in Romania and the Czech Republic.Kenney said in an announcement: “Once completed, this memorial will teach future generations how millions lost their lives and suffered in inhumane conditions at the hands of Communist regimes. It will also serve as a reminder to all Canadians that glorifying Communist symbols insults the memory of these victims, and that we must never take for granted our core values of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.”Tribute to Liberty says nearly 100 million people have been put to death by totalitarian communist regimes, mainly in the former Soviet Union and China.The group hopes to complete the monument by late 2015.tspears@ottawacitizen.comtwitter.com/TomSpears1

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