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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' j! y7 ]6 r" k# C. ]2 ^7 X- pFree national parks will be part of Canada’s 150th birthday
http://www.inews880.com/2016/03/ ... das-150th-birthday/

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Edmonton,Alberta / iNews880
Kyle Morris
  [4 O/ M; B5 c2 a! [) O' SPosted: March 25, 2016 11:06 am
The Liberals’ first federal budget was released earlier this week, and in it $570-million dollars was allocated for Canada’s tourism sector.

* y7 O; M0 Y* ERoyce Chwin, the CEO of Travel Alberta, tells the Alberta Morning News how some of that money will be spent right here in Alberta.

- V. D5 H2 W: ^5 `6 L) R2 y“$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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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.

. V6 b7 {7 q$ H5 [: u2 ~/ X; z“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.
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- d" `4 I7 g; C3 u. T. EChwin says the budget included 20 million dollars in investment for historic sites.
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. M$ J; R2 h; }' f2 yVIA Rail will also get 34 million dollars for maintenance and upgrades.

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