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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/
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/ L7 l" Q  U0 P4 d% BEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880
Kyle Morris
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
1 C# `1 h3 y# qThe Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.
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Royce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.
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+ `' u' i1 O2 Q; R5 l“$83.3-million, in terms of free admission for national parks, so that of course will apply here in Banff and Jasper as an example. It also looks like there’s an investment of about $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”

, ^7 C. U9 W7 L% w5 N, s5 |: |Chwin adds that with the low Canadian dollar he expects we’ll see more Albertan’s traveling within our borders, rather than heading to the States.
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& ~5 f# I8 u* j" H* v“In terms of taking advantage of what’s here, we have made adjustments and improvements to the Canada website, from Travel Alberta. That’s going to show a number of itineraries and road trips throughout the province. Those are great suggestions for Albertans or other Canadians who decide to take a staycation, and want to see something new and different.”

8 Q% o/ X7 S  ?( j6 j' fIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.

" N0 J6 i7 A+ q3 J- Z! LChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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2 Y& Q2 D* _) K- p; wVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades.

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