Canada's Parliamentary Secretary Ehsassi Highlights Budget 2026 in Toronto's North York: $1.5 Billion Over Nine Years for Ice Rinks and Recreation Facilities
Ali Ehsassi, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the King's Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, and Member of Parliament for Willowdale, met with community members and local leaders in North York, Toronto, Ontario, on November 15 to highlight investments in community recreational facilities and ice rinks from Budget 2026: Masters of our destiny. North York is one of Toronto's neighbourhoods with a large Chinese community.
Budget 2026 proposes to provide $1.5 billion over nine years through the Build Communities Strong Fund to support the construction, expansion, retrofit, and rehabilitation of community recreational facilities and ice rinks across Canada. This includes $750 million for ice rinks and $750 million for other community recreational facilities. The Government of Canada says these investments will help extend the life of aging facilities and ensure communities have modern, welcoming places to come together, compete, train, and play.
Ehsassi said ice rinks and recreational facilities are at the heart of many communities across Canada, including North York, where Canadians learn to skate, young people gather after school, adults lace up after work, and families and friends gather in the stands, and that Budget 2026 proposes to invest to build and renew these important community spaces.
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, said being masters of our destiny is about having the confidence to build on our strengths and shape our own future, and that Budget 2026 builds on those strengths by unlocking investment, strengthening Canada's energy and natural resource advantage, and helping Canadian businesses grow and compete on the world stage to create good jobs and make life more affordable. The budget also puts Canada on a path to balance day-to-day operating spending with revenues by 2027-28, a full year ahead of schedule, while keeping the deficit-to-GDP ratio on a declining path.
(Source: Government of Canada)
Source: Government of Canada
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Photo: 图：加拿大安大略省多伦多 North York 市政中心。Canmenwalker 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: North York Civic Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photo by Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
