Feu apocalyptique à Fort McMurray - Alberta

National Post - Alberta a écrit:

Don Braid
Thursday, Apr. 21, 2016

Fighting forest fires in Alberta last year cost $500 million. Parks canada

We can only hope baby Patrick doesn’t scare easily. NDP cabinet minister Stephanie McLean’s infant is hearing a lot of spooky stuff from his front-row legislature perch in mom’s sling.

On Wednesday, it was forest fires and climate doom.

The Wildrose opposition predicts fiery Armageddon because it’s tinderbox-dry out there, fires are already igniting and the NDP has sharply cut the firefighting budget.

Meanwhile, the same government that cut the budget also forecasts “catastrophic weather” for Alberta.

The accusations and insults are often bizarre, but this is an interesting debate on the facts. Why does the government think $86 million is enough to fight fires, when the job cost almost $500 million last year?

Premier Rachel Notley’s answer is that whatever the budget, the province will pay up if the fires come.

The estimate is often low, she pointed out. The practise has always been to find whatever cash it takes to fight the fires.

But still, $86 million is startling when the real cost of fighting fires has been barely below $500 million for each of the past two years, and well over $200 million the year before that.

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J’ai déménagé à Fort McMurray en 2009. Comme plusieurs autres canadiens,
je cherchais un moyen facile de faire de l’argent. Un salaire de 100 000$
par année, c’était attrayant pour un jeune de 19 ans tout juste gradué du Cégep.

Fort McMurray n’amène aucune innovation, aucun progrès social, aucune matière grise.
Fort McMurray enrichie les concessionnaires et les compagnies de construction,
tout cet argent est jeté à la poubelle.

Le refuge accueille environ 600 personnes. L'agence de santé publique affirme que la
propagation du virus est normale en raison du grand nombre de réfugiés qui vivent sur le site.