Immigration: Western Premiers

Mitigation Plan Dept: Meeting for the third day in the Northwest Territories, premiers from the seven western provinces and territories also pressured the federal government to immediately boost immigration to address the looming demand for more than a million new workers in the West, according to Calgary Herald. "Millions of acres of have been flooded or have gone unseeded and cattle producers may have to reduce their herds because of pasture damage and inadequate forage." Western premiers on Wednesday urged the federal government to devise a national disaster mitigation plan and to consider funding a special compensation program for farm families and communities devastated by ruinous floods and forest fires. "Severe natural disasters have significantly affected the lives and livelihoods of many families across Canada," the premiers said in a joint statement released after three days of meetings at the annual Western Premiers Conference in Yellowknife, N.W.T. As reported in the news.
@t disaster mitigation, cattle producers