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By The Canadian Press

Alberta seeks partners for 164 parks to focus spending on ‘high value areas’

Feb 28, 2020 | 11:54 AM

EDMONTON – The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups.

The move was hinted at in yesterday’s budget and confirmed by a spokeswoman for Environment Minister Jason Nixon.

Jess Sinclair says the United Conservative government will begin looking for partners to run the parks in May.

She says the government is subsidizing a financially struggling parks system that needs to be modernized.

Budget documents say some provincial parks will in the future by run by everyone from municipalities and Indigenous groups to non-profit societies.

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The documents say that will allow the province to focus its funding on “high-value areas.”