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Discussions had been ongoing among the zoos in Calgary, Toronto and Granby, Que. for a couple of years about the possibility of acquiring the pandas on loan from China.
In 2010, then-environment minister Jim Prentice said the federal government had essentially finalized an agreement with China that would see the three Canadian zoos collectively “adopt” two giant pandas, likely beginning in 2011.
However, it looks as though Granby — which various zoo officials said likely had the most preparatory work to do — has been dropped off the list.
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Quebec is going to be ticked off with Calgary and Toronto getting them and not them.