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THANK YOU TO ALL MY PROUD SPONSORS	Budget falls short of summer athletes’ expectations March 21, 2007, OTTAWA - AthletesCAN, the association of Canada’s national team athletes, and Canada’s summer athletes, are discouraged by the federal government’s lackluster budget announcement on Monday. Great gains have been made in winter sport in recent years to ensure athletes top the podium when the spotlight is on Canada in 2010 and the expectation was that this budget would provide a similar commitment to summer sport through the Road to Excellence Program. “Summer sport was counting on this budget to provide funding for the Road to Excellence program, but instead a huge gap remains in the support of summer athletes,” says AthletesCAN President Claire Carver-Dias. “It is clear Canadians want to see all of our athletes succeed, but if the Government doesn’t step up to the plate and provide the resources athletes need to excel, there won’t be much to celebrate after 2010.”

Budget falls short of summer athletes’ expectations

March 21, 2007, OTTAWA - AthletesCAN, the association of Canada’s national team athletes, and Canada’s summer athletes, are discouraged by the federal government’s lackluster budget announcement on Monday.

Great gains have been made in winter sport in recent years to ensure athletes top the podium when the spotlight is on Canada in 2010 and the expectation was that this budget would provide a similar commitment to summer sport through the Road to Excellence Program.

“Summer sport was counting on this budget to provide funding for the Road to Excellence program, but instead a huge gap remains in the support of summer athletes,” says AthletesCAN President Claire Carver-Dias. “It is clear Canadians want to see all of our athletes succeed, but if the Government doesn’t step up to the plate and provide the resources athletes need to excel, there won’t be much to celebrate after 2010.”