Alison Creekside on Nostr: After cutting their wildfire management budget from $130M in 2017 to $100M this year, ...

After cutting their wildfire management budget from $130M in 2017 to $100M this year, eliminating the 63-man Aerial Rapattack Team, closing 30 of Alberta’s 127 Wildfire Lookout Towers, cutting rural firefighter training, and laying off staff at the Alberta Wildfire Branch, Alberta is now preparing to ask the federal gov for Armed Forces help to fight their #wildfires
Alberta with its $4.3 billion budget surplus.
#abpoli