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Apr 30, 2021
Peggy Flanagan, who is White Earth Ojibwe, shares some of her personal highlights while serving as Minnesota s 50th Lieutenant Governor. Ruth Buffalo of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, speaks with us about the effort to get public schools in North Dakota to teach American Indian history and the many people who helped to make it a reality. Mary Kim Titla, who is San Carlos Apache talks about her magical experience with UNITY, INC and continuing its 45 year commitment to Indigenous youth.
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OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of Indigenous-led tourism operators says it doesn t think the recent federal budget will do enough to help the industry avoid collapse.
Minister of Economic Development Melanie Joly rises at a meeting of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, June 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of Indigenous-led tourism operators says it doesn t think the recent federal budget will do enough to help the industry avoid collapse.
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Minister of Economic Development Melanie Joly rises at a meeting of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, June 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang April 29, 2021 - 10:57 AM
OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of Indigenous-led tourism operators says it doesn t think the recent federal budget will do enough to help the industry avoid collapse.
The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada asked the government for just over $68 million over three years to help the sector by providing operating grants and a marketing campaign among other measures.
Instead, there was about $2.4 million for this year that the association s chief executive says isn t enough for it to provide targeted help.
Indigenous tourism group frets for future over funding gap in federal budget
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Apr 29, 2021 at 11:58 am EDT
OTTAWA A group representing thousands of Indigenous-led tourism operators says it doesn’t think the recent federal budget will do enough to help the industry avoid collapse.
What’s more, the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada is on the verge of handing out layoff notices to its staff over what it says is a shortfall in federal funding pledged earlier this month.
The association asked the government for just over $68 million over three years to help the sector by providing operating grants and a marketing campaign among other measures.