No core funding increase in budget keeps sport "bleeding to death" says freestyle CEO

No core funding increase in budget keeps sport "bleeding to death" says freestyle CEO

The head of Freestyle Canada says he understands that this week's federal budget was designed to navigate the country's choppy economic waters.

Freestyle Canada CEO: Sport 'bleeding to death' with no funding increase in budget

The head of Freestyle Canada says he understands that this week’s federal budget was designed to navigate the country’s choppy economic waters. But Peter Judge says the medal hauls that Canadians have seen from their teams at Olympic and Paralympic Games are on borrowed time without an increase in core funding for national sports organizations. “To be blunt, you know, the sports sector is just slowly bleeding to death,” Judge said Wednesday. “I’…