Mr. Speaker, on Monday the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness will be hosting its eighth annual world conference on disaster management in Hamilton.
Every year leaders in the field of emergency response examine lessons learned from the past year's worse natural and man-made disasters.
This year's conference features the eastern Ontario and Quebec ice storms, the Alberta fires and the Red River flood.
Emergency Preparedness Canada administers the joint emergency preparedness program and the disaster financial assistance arrangements program on behalf of the federal government.
This Liberal government has given tremendous support to ice storm victims and to those affected by the Alberta fires and the Red River flood victims. This emergency preparedness program is simply another way the Liberal government is helping Canadians in time of need.