Feds add $50 million to Manitoba disaster relief program
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 03/07/2012 (5165 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Harper government is contributing another $50 million under the Disaster Financial Assistance program for the 2011 spring flood in Manitoba.
The additional money was announced today by the Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.
It’s the second payment of $50 million to date from Ottawa. The first payment was made last November.
“This second payment of $50 million to the Province of Manitoba underscores our Government’s commitment to helping Canadians and their communities recover from natural disasters like the unprecedented flooding in the spring and summer of 2011,” Toews said in a statement.
The province has said the cost of fighting last year’s flooding in Western Manitoba, Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin is estimated at a more than $1 billion.
“We look forward to continued collaboration with the federal government to help people get their lives back to normal,” Manitoba’s Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton said in a release.