Lessons from the Jasper wildfire: build disaster-ready, energy-secure homes

It is a false economy to allow new homes to be built cheaply only to subject residents to costly energy bills, no protection from heat and smoke, and the prospect of no insurance.
We can choose now to build for 2050 and beyond, with disaster-ready, energy-secure homes that protect families, writes Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland.

It's hard to put into words what it’s like to watch the community you love burn, particularly one which, as its mayor, you are entrusted to protect.

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