The call for input comes less than two weeks after a B.C. ombudsman report found the province's emergency support programs for disaster evacuees are outdated, under-resourced, inaccessible and poorly communicated.
The B.C. government is calling on the public to weigh in on how it should provide financial assistance in a disaster.
Bowinn Ma, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, said her ministry knows there remain gaps in the regulation and that’s why they are calling on the public to help understand how they need assistance following an emergency. Anyone interested in responding to the modernized emergency management act can do so by sending a written submission to [email protected] by Dec. 31, 2023 or attend a virtual workshop. The public is also invited to respond to a series of questionnaires tailored to tenants, homeowners, farmers, small business owners, and Indigenous Peoples living on reserve lands, among others.
Systems and processes that deliver assistance did not take into account the distinct needs of Indigenous evacuees, elderly people or those with physical and cognitive disabilities, said Ombudsperson Jay Chalke after the report's release. Climate change making B.C. forests more flammable The 2023 wildfire season was the most destructive in B.C.’s recorded history, with fires burning more than 2.8 million hectares. That’s more than double B.C.’s previous record set in 2018.
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