Rick Scott, according to the White House and Scott's spokesman. Joining Biden in Florida will be two of his most prominent Republican critics: Florida Gov.
Biden planned to meet Wednesday with residents and small business owners in Fort Myers, Florida, and to thank government officials providing emergency aid and removing debris. Hurricane Ian has resulted in at least 84 people confirmed dead, including 75 in Florida, as hundreds of thousands of people wait for power to be restored. President Joe Biden will visit hurricane-ravaged Florida with a pledge that federal, state and local governments will work as one to help rebuild homes, businesses and lives, putting politics on mute, for now, to focus on those in need. The document, which was obtained by The Canadian Press, says the department can make sure the infrastructure it funds adheres to such codes but the only other enforcement option for individual First Nations is by passing "ad hoc bylaws." Indigenous leaders and experts tie the high number of deadly house fires on reserves to a lack of proper housing and overcrowding, as well as insufficient funding and education around fire protection.īoth the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and Aboriginal Firefighters Association of Canada have called on Ottawa to pass legislation to apply building and fire codes to First Nations communities, and mandate inspections. House fires have long posed a major safety risk to those living on reserve, with several children dying in blazes that broke out in communities earlier this year in southern Alberta and northern Ontario. There is no way to enforce building or fire codes on First Nations and pursuing a legislative fix would require significant time and money, federal officials warn in an internal briefing document.īut Blaine Wiggins, the senior director of the Indigenous Fire Marshals Service, said that enforcement gap has "catastrophic" consequences.
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The government said last week in an economic update that capital spending on highways and other infrastructure will cost $73 million more than budgeted for the 2022-23 fiscal year. He estimates that about 2,000 to 3,000 additional workers were needed for ongoing projects well before the storm hit. Some cost estimates, she said, are coming in extremely high, which she attributed to the rising price of steel, diesel, asphalt and labour.ĭuncan Williams, president of the Construction Association of Nova Scotia, says the demand for skilled tradespeople is also extremely high. The minister said that prior to the storm, the province had cancelled six existing bridge and road projects this year due to higher-than-expected costs.
"But we are going to need to work through those and make sure that we're delivering safe and reliable roads to Nova Scotians." "No question, there is going to be cost pressures going forward," Masland said after a recent cabinet meeting. It's too early to put a price on the damage caused by Fiona, but Public Works Minister Kim Masland says the rebuilding effort will be competing for labour with ongoing construction projects driving up prices and extending timelines. The desire to quickly rebuild after post-tropical storm Fiona is running up against challenges that existed before the hurricane-force winds left a trail of destruction in Nova Scotia: the rising cost of construction material and widespread skilled labour shortages. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct.
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