In my experience, when the mountain pine beetle came through British Columbia, what was most beneficial was the co-operation where federal funds came into play being used in a provincial context on the land base. That co-operative program defined clear results—what the funds could be used for and how they should be used—while letting the province implement them. As difficult as that was, because we were learning at the same time as implementing, that, to me, looking back, was very progressive, in the sense that we jointly came up with the priorities for the work and the funds that would be made available, both provincially and federally. Utilizing those funds and creating the knowledge base, we were able to implement the education and the communications that were required.
On October 16th, 2018. See this statement in context.