NS Premier Says Federal Aid for Hurricane Fiona Was Delayed Due to Paperwork, as Province Asks for Help With Wildfires

NS Premier Says Federal Aid for Hurricane Fiona Was Delayed Due to Paperwork, as Province Asks for Help With Wildfires
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston responds to a question in Victoria, B.C., on July 12, 2022. Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
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During a press conference on Nova Scotia’s ongoing wildfires, Premier Tim Houston said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told him aid to the province following Hurricane Fiona was delayed because paperwork was improperly filled out.

“Once we'd kind of been through the urgency of the crisis, in my discussions with the prime minister, he looked me in the eye at one point and said that Nova Scotia didn’t fill out the proper forms, and that’s why the support hadn’t come as quickly,” Houston told reporters on June 1.