Finance committee  Thanks, Mr. Julian. Yes, one challenge is that there has not been programming named to date that municipalities can tap into. That's just one example. Yes, for sure, it would be helpful. They're not able to tap into that. Folks have been laid off, not to mention that students wo

Finance committee  Thanks for the opportunity to speak to the role of municipal parks and recreation and what we can do to help in the societal and economic recovery of communities from COVID-19. The Canadian Parks and Recreation Association is the national voice for municipal parks and recreation

Finance committee  Thanks for the question. What I'm basing it on is that CPRA represents the directors of recreation and parks across Canada in the municipalities. One of the challenges with being within the gas tax fund, and why I say a dedicated fund is needed—and the government recently includ

Finance committee  Thank you. If we're going to encourage Canadians to participate in sport and recreation, we need to ensure that there is the infrastructure necessary to allow them to be active. Existing sport and recreation infrastructure is in a deteriorated state at this point, such that it i