Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Member's probably aware, the program is a federal program and we adopt it or utilize it in order to get funds back from the federal government during an emergency. So some of the changes that have happened in the new update, they have the new strategic investment. This increases funding for disaster mitigation, building back better to minimize impacts and future risks; the risk reduction incentives, encouraging pre-disaster planning; hazard awareness to proactively reduce disaster impacts; also has expanded supports, more help for people experiencing significant disaster impacts, and more efficient administration. So these are just some of the changes that are in the new DFAA that's supposed to be rolling out and effective April 1st. We're still opening the books essentially, if you will, and hopefully by April 1st, we'll have a better handle on what it fully entails. Thank you.
Vince McKay on Question 445-20(1): Modernization of Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements Program
In the Legislative Assembly on February 6th, 2025. See this statement in context.
Question 445-20(1): Modernization of Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements Program
Oral Questions
February 6th, 2025
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