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Climate Change & the Environment

Wildfires platforms

Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal
  • Train 1,000 new community-based firefighters.
  • Work with provinces & territories to provide firefighters with needed equipment, including Canadian-made planes.
  • Support & expand Indigenous-led fire crews & build capacity to better incorporate Indigenous traditional knowledge strategies in fire management.

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Train 1,000 new community-based firefighters to ensure we are ready for future fire seasons.

Work with provinces and territories to provide firefighters with the equipment they need to fight fires and stay safe, like Canadian-made planes to increase provincial aerial firefighting capacity.

Support and expand Indigenous-led fire crews and build capacity to better incorporate Indigenous traditional knowledge strategies in fire management

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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We don't have any Bloc policies on Wildfires.

NDP
Make focused investments in forest management to reduce forest fire risk.

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Focused investments in forest management will help reduce forest fire risk, and we’ll take steps to encourage innovation in forestry, including valued wood production and re-forestation.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

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Green
  • Create fire breaks & fire suppression.
  • Provide physical resources to deal with fires quickly.
  • Include fire mitigation subsidies to owners of rural properties, allowing them to better manage the health of their forests.

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