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B.C. Conservatives Pledge Crown-Owned Water Bomber Fleet in Wildfire Plan
Lorne Doerkson says the plan would buy $500 million in water bombers and add early detection technology to reduce wildfire risk.
- On Thursday, Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson promised to spend half a billion dollars on a Crown-owned water bomber fleet and artificial intelligence technology if the party is elected in British Columbia on October 24.
- Set against the backdrop of the Bald Range wildfire, the announcement referenced how the fire destroyed more than 80 homes in Faulder last month and forced thousands to flee from nearby Summerland.
- Doerkson's Wildfire Action Plan seeks to reduce dangerous forest fuels, speed up prescribed burns, and create a $100-million innovation fund for early wildfire detection and prevention technologies.
- Joined by Penticton-Summerland candidate Tracy St. Claire and property owner Joel Patan, Doerkson argued the provincial fleet will save money by renting aircraft to other jurisdictions when not needed for domestic fires.
- Elsewhere in the Okanagan, New Democrat Leader David Eby announced separate plans to improve affordability by implementing price caps on grocery items such as milk, butter, and eggs.
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Doerkson introduces his Wildfire Action Plan to protect communities
BC Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson on Friday pledged that his new government will implement the Wildfire Action Plan to protect BC’s communities. This plan will buy water bombers, clear dangerous fuels, speed up safe prescribed burns, help crews work together faster, and fund early detection technology. He noted that British Columbia has been devastated by […]
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