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The conservative government has announced to spend almost $134 million in Environment Canada’s weather infrastructure so that it can provide more reliable, timely and exact weather forecasts to Canadians. The announcement was made by Minister of Environment, Leona Aglukkaq, at a downtown Calgary hotel on Thursday afternoon.
Aglukkaq explained that the funds will be spent essentially to upgrade weather monitoring networks, improving the quality of weather forecasts and warnings across the country. Quite noticeably, the announcement was made in a city that has had its fair share of extreme weather over the years. Aglukkaq highlighted that it’s extremely important that Canadians are prepared for severe weather. She pointed out that “we saw a major flood here in Calgary a few years ago, we’re seeing more of those across the country and we need to be able to have the technology, the infrastructure, to be able to respond.”
In response to an inquiry about what the impact new technology might have had during the 2013 flood, director general monitoring and data services at Environment Canada, Genevieve Bechard, explained that the funds are about better preparing for extreme weather events. Bechard alleged that “some of the new technology that we’d be looking at will actually allow us to better look at winds and precipitation and give a more accurate forecast.” She stated that “really, the issue with the forecasts is to get them out to the right people, get them out as early as you can so that people can be prepared.”
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