As wildfires burn across Canada, the struggle to contain the damage has intensified for fire crews. The severe cuts to emergency fire services in recent years, driven by right-wing policies, have led to a failure to prepare for this crisis.
  • raspberrybush@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, blames campfires for the fire. But, as the opposition has noted, his government cut the province’s emergency firefighting budget by 67 percent — or $142.2 million in 2019 — and never restored the funding.

    Ohhhh ok that makes lots of sense. Good work as always Dougie.

    • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMEnglish
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      1 year ago

      who could have foreseen it being a bad idea to cut this type of funding? it’s not like Canada is rapidly warming and has an astonishing amount of forests that can burn out of control…