PCs Claim NL Athletes Forced to Fundraise to Pay for Summer Games Uniforms

Dressing for the occasion? Opposition wants answers about funding for Canada Sumer Games uniforms

Athletes are also getting ready for the Canada Summer Games, but PC leader Tony Wakeham says some teams are scrambling to fundraise for uniforms. NTV’s Bailey Howard tells us more.

PCs Claim NL Athletes Forced to Fundraise to Pay for Summer Games Uniforms

The Opposition is calling it a provincial embarrassment. PC Leader Tony Wakeham says local athletes are “being forced to fundraise” to pay for their own uniforms as part of Team NL, even as the province is hosting this summer’s major sporting event. Wakeham says he’s aware of one team who will require $23,000 for uniforms, but was only provided with $3,000. That’s something he calls “completely unfair” given the significance of the Canada Summer…