Can’t Charge For Cash Prizes

Taxpayers should not directly pay cash prizes to Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes who win international competitions, says the Department of Canadian Heritage. Paralympians have complained they do not receive $20,000 prizes awarded to Olympic gold medalists through organizing committees: ‘The sport support program does not permit use of federal funds for prize money.’

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