sentences:  The College formally opened on October 2, 1999 with a reception attended by then-leading figures in Canadian public affairs, including former NDP leader Ed Broadbent, journalist Trina McQueen, and former Clerk of the Privy Council Gordon Robertson.During its first year, the B.P.A.P.M.program received nearly two hundred applications for its first class, with 67 students admitted to the program that year  The program produced its first cohort of graduates in 2003.