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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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Kyle Morris
Posted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
' }. Y9 L; ~) K$ L1 U4 [The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.

: \5 ~7 D2 j1 `Royce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.

6 `  l3 q+ t& j“$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 $66-million for new biking and walking trail within Jasper National Park.”
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# j5 ?$ [/ ?4 `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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“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.

7 w) E# N! S/ [, kChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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VIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades.

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