ISC’s increases to Emergency Management Assistance aren’t enough – The Hill Times
April 6, 2026
First Nations Elders and chiefs say the Earth is speaking to us, and it seems we have not heard the message. Climate change is already an existential threat to infrastructure, communities, and our sense of safety. Perhaps the federal government might reflect this in its budgets.
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty made an announcement last month of $55.6-million in “new” funding for the Emergency Management Assistance Program.
But if the funding is for an existing program that everybody knows must continue, then it shouldn’t be called “new”. It’s really a crucially late announcement that the funding will continue on April 1.
