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[hat plan, launched last year, will provide on what was expected as part of $14 billion over it) years. their claim last May Expressions In January: the federal government also l l l l I \ of interest were due by August and announced $200 million over five years to develop a I ‘ ‘ final applications were due iii national disaster mitigation program aimed at flood December. mitigation iii(1anadafil‘his program Will support ‘t OW n L ' J [here was some confusion over investments in stnictural mitigation measures. such U p 7 x I, exactly what the province was as infrastructure to control floods and reduce the . expecting and several of those impact of severe natural disasters [he costs of prot 0‘ N TA L H YG’E N E deadlines were pushed back due ects mil be shared With provinces arid territories. 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