The NDP government, elected in October, has reduced funding to the Green Team program this year by $4 million, to $5.6 million. The program helps non-profits, municipalities and sports organizations hire teens and young adults.
“Obviously, we’re just quite disappointed,” said Jason Miller, executive director with Baseball Manitoba. As a result of the cut, baseball associations may have to chose between letting some maintenance work slide, asking parents to volunteer to maintain the parks, or spend more money and raise fees for players next year to recoup it, Miller said.Officials at the Prairie Mountain Regional Museum, a small facility that relies primarily on volunteers in western Manitoba, were also surprised when their request for funding was turned down this year.
Ian Bushie, the minister of municipal and northern relations, said the former Tory government boosted Green Team spending during the COVID-19 pandemic and, even with the reduction, spending will still be above pre-pandemic levels.“The previous government just failed to scale back pandemic spending, so it was significant for us in that we have a very significant financial challenge,” Bushie said.
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