No Wildfire Plan? Premiers Shift Focus | Toronto News

Toronto News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 29, 2026 · 1m

Premier Doug Ford pushed for a national wildfire strategy and more federal funding for firefighting gear, but at the premiers’ meeting, the focus shifted to a broader, pan-Canadian emergency response plan. Instead of a wildfire-specific strategy, leaders agreed to build a unified training and coordination system for all natural disasters — potentially expanding the successful wildfire model to floods and other crises. This effort may tie into an existing national emergency management strategy expected to be finalized this year, which already calls for stronger provincial collaboration, First…