Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements
Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) is a program of the Government of Canada that provides financial assistance to provincial and territorial governments following large-scale natural disasters.
Provinces can apply to the program for assistance when eligible costs exceed one dollar per capita,[1] at which point the federal government will share 50% of the cost. If the costs exceed $3 per capita this rises to 75%, and when costs reach $5 per capita, the federal government is required to pay 90 per cent of the costs.[2][3]
Since its inception in 1970, a 2011–12 report stated that the program had paid out $2 billion in post-disaster assistance.[4] Following the 2013 Alberta floods, $2 billion was earmarked for the province and the government sought a $689-million increase in funding for the program from parliament.[5]
The program has come under criticism for favouring some provinces over others, and for not including public health emergencies in its remit.[6]
| Province/Territory | $ millions |
|---|---|
| British Columbia | 72 |
| Alberta | 68 |
| Northwest Territories | 60 |
| Yukon | 32 |
| Nunavut | 30 |
| Saskatchewan | 17 |
| Manitoba | 12 |
| Ontario | 3 |
| Quebec | 2 |
| New Brunswick | 1 |
| Nova Scotia | 1 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 |
| TOTAL | 298 |
Events that have received funding include 1996 Saguenay Flood, 1997 Red River flood, 2010 Hurricane Igor in Newfoundland and the 2011 Assiniboine River Flood.
References[edit]
- ^ Fekete, Jason (June 27, 2013). "Alberta flooding unlikely to stymie federal plans to slay deficit". Postmedia Network. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Flanagan, Tom (June 27, 2013). "Some hard-headed thinking about living by the water". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ a b "2011 - 20 12 Evaluation of the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangement s Program" (PDF). Public Safety Canada. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Thompson, Elizabeth (Nov 7, 2013). "Alberta to get $2B in federal flood clean up relief, supplementary estimates reveal". iPolitics. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Doern, G. Bruce; Johnson, Robert (2006). Rules, Rules, Rules, Rules: Multilevel Regulatory Governance. University of Toronto Press. p. 342. ISBN 9780802038586. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
External links[edit]
- Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA), Public Safety Canada