The board of Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) expressed concerns about the Emergency and Disaster Management Act, during their Dec. 14 meeting. The board is not in favour of the act which focuses on climate change and disaster mitigation but in a way which places unchecked power into the hands of governing bodies.
The Act focuses on emergency response in four phases: mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery and acknowledges the relationship between climate change and disasters.