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On October 4, 2023, B.C. s Minister of Emergency Management introduced substantial changes to the province s emergency preparedness legislation. Bill 31-2023, the Emergency and Disaster Management Act, EDMA, if passed, will replace the Emergency Program Act, RSBC 1996, c 111 the EPA, which has governed B.C. s emergency response regime for the last three decades. EDMA was co-designed with Indigenous Nations in accordance with the Province s action plan developed under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, SBC 2019, c 44 DRIPA.

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