NDP MP wants PBO to investigate, report on effects of climate change on federal programs, disaster relief costs
Summer storms and floods between 2010 and 2013 have resulted in a 600 per cent increase in federal liability for disaster relief to the provinces—a total of $4.1-billion to be paid out primarily over the next five years.
PARLIAMENT HILL—NDP MP Pat Martin is asking Conservative and opposition members of a Commons committee that provides oversight over government operations and budgeting to support a call for the Parliamentary budget officer to investigate and report on the effect of climate change on federa...
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