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The federal budget, tabled Tuesday, emarks $71.9 million to establish Canada’s 11th national park reserve at Pituamkek — a chain of islands off northwestern P.E.I. that has great cultural significance to the Mi’kmaq. Lennox Island First Nation Chief Darlene Bernard worked to secure the money, and she spoke to CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin about what the national park designation means for her community.
The chief of Lennox Island First Nation is thrilled that this week’s federal budget confirms money will be coming to turn a string of islands off Prince Edward Island’s North Shore into Canada’s next national park reserve.
“We’re moving forward in protecting something that’s so sacred to us and so dear to us and that will have massive, massive, wonderful benefits as we move forward with it,” Darlene Bernard told CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin on Wednesday.
“We’re going to be creating employment opportunities, opportunities for people to learn about our rich …
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