Indigenous tourism operators ‘disheartened’ by delay in promised $25M pandemic relief funding via ipoliticsca
Tourism Minister and Associate Finance Minister Randy Boissonnault rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Wednesday, June 14, 2023.
Indigenous tourism operators from across Canada are expressing deep frustration over significant and unexplained delays in the rollout of a promised $24.8-million federal fund to help them recover from the devastating effects of pandemic travel bans and lockdowns. The money, announced in Budget 2022, was a two-year funding commitment that was supposed to begin flowing last year.Get Access to iPolitics
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