Carney promises free national parks this summer, as Canadians ditch U.S. travel plans [Video]

Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Monday he wants to make national parks and historic sites available for free this summer — a move that comes as many Canadians scrub their plans to travel to the U.S.

Carney made the promise — part of a suite of nature-related pledges that included a promise to create more national parks — while campaigning in B.C. and shopping for progressive votes.

His trip included stops in Saanich-Gulf Islands, won last time by Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May, and in Victoria, where the NDP’s Laurel Collins is the incumbent.

The Liberal party has not said how long the government would offer free park admission or what it would cost taxpayers.

During the stop in Saanichton, B.C., Carney said that when he was growing up in Edmonton, Jasper …