Rebuilding housing in the province can start once the immediate crisis of tackling wildfires is over, said the president of the Construction Association of Nova Scotia.
·The rubble of a building is all that remains after a wildfire swept through an area outside Halifax on Sunday.
But Duncan Williams, whose own home was damaged in the Halifax-area wildfire, said the process of rebuilding will take time. He said his industry would work with government and communities to "make sure that people are back in homes as soon as humanly possible."
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