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The province must do more than implement recovery programs for climate-change disasters, said Prof. Jean Slick, who heads the disaster and emergency management program at Royal Roads University in Victoria.
‘What we really want to see going forward is that we take action to stop creating disaster risks’
The B.C. government will spend more on child care, climate resiliency and health care as well as making what it calls “unprecedented” capital investments in hospitals, schools and roads.
BC has extended a provincial state of emergency as highways remain damaged from devastating flooding and mudslides in November.
With multiple highways still damaged by flooding and mudslides, the Province is extending the provincial state of emergency. Given the continued need for public safety measures under the Emergency Program Act and ongoing work to repair damaged highways, the provincial state of emergency is being extended until the end of the day on Jan. 11, 2022. "While significant progress