May 5, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today announced that Canada has provided support to help reduce the impact of overland flooding in Indian Island First Nation, located in Kent County, New Brunswick, on the Northumberland Strait.
The Government of Canada provided $110,000 to the First Nation as part of an initiative that includes:
- a management plan setting out short and long-term strategies to reduce surface flooding and flooding associated with storm surges;
- a review of the First Nation’s housing and infrastructure to address the immediate and long-term effects of overland flooding;
- a community plan to regulate the building of future housing and infrastructure in order to reduce the impact of flooding; and,
- an engineering study to improve Indian Island First Nation’s flood control sea wall.
This investment is funded from the $19.1 million in annual funding Minister Valcourt announced in November 2013 as part of a new approach to strengthen emergency management on reserves. The funds aim to assist First Nation communities with emergency preparedness projects to address potential natural disasters such as spring flooding.
Emily Hillstrom
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
819-997-0002
Media Relations
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
819-953-1160
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