鈥楤usiness as usual is not going to cut it鈥�: Niki Ashton on feds鈥� economic update and wildfires
As the ash settles on Canada鈥檚 record wildfire season, 鈥渂usiness as usual from the federal government is not going to cut it,鈥� NDP MP Niki Ashton .
Last year, the聽聽a scathing聽聽highlighting the failure of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) to prepare robust emergency management plans for First Nations. The audit noted ISC鈥檚 regional emergency plans were absent or outdated and no risk assessment had been done on the hardest hit nations, even after an earlier 2013 audit called for one. The department also spent three and a half times more on responding to emergencies than it did preparing for and preventing them over the previous three years, the audit found.
Climate change does not impact people in the same way, said 捆绑SM社区 climate researcher聽Mohammad Reza Alizadeh. Alizadeh said in an that his research shows Indigenous peoples have fewer resources and less robust infrastructure than non-Indigenous communities and are impacted by climate disasters at a higher rate.