Terrebonne, May 3, 2022 – The Fédération des clubs de motoneigistes du Québec is pleased to announce the final phase for the introduction of a new funding system (Club Funding System) aimed at ensuring financial equity among Quebec snowmobile clubs and maintaining safe, quality interconnected trails throughout the province.
Over the past few years, the FCMQ has undertaken several phases of a pilot project to adjust the financial picture of Quebec’s 197 snowmobile clubs to provide a fair and satisfactory formula for all of them. Under the new system, the clubs will be able to benefit from new funding enhancements to ensure their proper operation.
Snowmobilers at the center of our actions
By offering an equitable funding system, the FCMQ ensures the sustainability of snowmobiling by providing all snowmobile clubs in Quebec with the necessary resources to maintain the 33,000 km of trails.
“This revision of our business model is the result of a long term work that represents an important turning point for our organization. With this new system, we will promote mutual aid and cooperation between clubs at the regional level so that snowmobilers remain at the center of our actions” – Réal Camiré, President of the Fédération des clubs de motoneigistes du Québec.
Membership in this system will be optional for the 2022-2023 season, but all FCMQ member clubs will be required to join as of July 1, 2023.
About the FCMQ
The Fédération des clubs de motoneigistes du Québec is a non-profit organization with over forty-six years of service. It is dedicated to the development and promotion of safe snowmobiling throughout Quebec. The FCMQ defends the interests of its 197 member clubs and their 120,000 snowmobiling members, as well as those of all individuals, whether they are initiated or uninitiated snowmobilers or simply tourists. More than 4,500 volunteers devote nearly 800,000 hours each year to the maintenance of the provincial snowmobile trail network.
