Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements - Disaster Risk Reduction Incentive
This resource explains the Disaster Risk Reduction Incentive under Canada’s Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements. The incentive encourages provinces and territories to invest in reducing disaster risk before disasters occur, helping lower response and recovery costs and lessen impacts on people, businesses, and communities. It identifies the activities that qualify and explains how provinces and territories can demonstrate their efforts to receive increased federal financial assistance after an eligible disaster.
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