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Canadian govt supports flood, landslide recovery efforts in British Columbia
Ottawa, July 19
Canadian Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair announced advance payments to support flood, landslide and storm recovery efforts in the province of British Columbia.
The advance payments of more than 870 million Canadian dollars ($700 million) is in addition to the 207 million Canadian dollars ($166 million) in support for wildfire recovery efforts that was announced in June, he said in a news release on Monday.
British Columbians are living the effects of extreme weather driven by climate change, following devastating floods and wildfires in the province which caused an estimated 9 billion Canadian dollar ($7.2 billion)-plus in damages in 2021, Xinhua news agency reported.
"Climate change is threatening communities across Canada, and we need to keep our partnerships strong as we prepare for and work to prevent natural disasters and extreme weather events," Blair said, concluding the final meeting of the Committee of British Columbia and Federal Ministers on Disaster Response and Climate Resilience, which was set up in November 2021.
In addition to the payments, the governments of Canada and British Columbia and the First Nations Leadership Council are working to build a trilateral agreement on emergency management. This agreement will strengthen First Nations' capacity to respond to and recover from future climate-related disasters, the release added.
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