Politics Briefing: Poilievre promises revamped natural-disaster response in next election platform

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Hello, Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party’s platform in the next election will include a new approach to dealing with natural disasters. At a news conference in Vancouver, the Leader of the Official Opposition said the federal government needs a better, co-ordinated approach to responding to forest fires, floods and other natural disasters. “We have resources scattered across the country that need to be co-ordinated and deployed more quickly so that places that have surplus resources can quickly make them available to places that are in desperate need to respond to a natural disaster,” he said. “Part of...