联邦预算确认庆祝建国150周年，2017年国家公园免费游

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' l6 u9 A, c- B: ?Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
3 ~2 }4 e1 Q: Y2 nhttp://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/

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Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
Kyle Morris
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- ?& ^2 p: ?7 ?8 o' AThe 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.

“$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.”

: k" F! C" S# E* {2 [( e9 NChwin 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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, o: x: p9 q" E8 m“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.”
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In 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.

" T3 Q! G0 c2 c2 TChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.

1 [6 N$ H2 c2 _2 P6 wVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades.

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