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s Emergency Management Legislation Has Arrived Marking a historic moment of modernization for emergency and disastermanagement governance in B.C. NDP has tabled the new Bill 31 – 2023: Emergency and DisasterManagement Act. Subscribe to the Province’s update page here: Modernized emergency management legislation.
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