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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Free national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
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: w& m% m5 {+ p- `- d8 z9 CEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880
" P: {3 p  c( `# uKyle Morris
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: S0 U) N% [) u5 C( W+ vThe 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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! H9 q- J* R4 |& N, c7 {* mRoyce 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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* d. @/ @/ P6 C, S: U, O“$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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: |2 q" Y0 o1 q: x+ I/ |' XChwin 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.”

6 N; o( e- A* H' p0 L7 C. KIn 2017 all national parks in Canada will be free, to celebrate our nation’s 150th birthday.
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Chwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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( e) e1 i% \7 A9 Q8 ]3 p  DVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades.

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