Québec solidaire wants to create an emergency fund for extreme weather events

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The Quebec authorities wants a particular fund for responding to emergency conditions after pure disasters or excessive meteorological occasions, Québec solidaire says.

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Verdun MNA Alejandra Zaga Mendez made the case for the fund on Sunday, slightly over per week after an ice storm left tons of of hundreds of Quebecers with out energy, a few of them for days.

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Such excessive meteorological occasions are going to occur increasingly more usually due to local weather change, the get together’s atmosphere critic stated.

“It’s not regular that in 2023 Quebec nonetheless doesn’t have an emergency fund particularly devoted to local weather disasters,” Zaga Mendez stated. The fund might be used to assist municipalities in addition to neighborhood teams and small companies who are suffering losses throughout these catastrophes.

In the course of the 2022 provincial election marketing campaign, Québec solidaire proposed setting apart $500 million to launch this fund, which might then be topped up every year primarily based on its use.

Zaga Mendez, who has a doctorate in sustainable growth, stated Quebec ought to take inspiration from British Columbia, which launched such a fund in 2017. The province added $180 million to it earlier this yr.