Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston today called on Canada’s telecommunications firms to be far more “collaborative” with the province’s Emergency Management…
In a letter sent to federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne, he asked that Ottawa take action and ensure telcos provide information about service outages in the hurricane’s aftermath.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“Given the expected impacts on power and telecommunications, having a representative attend in person was imperative for optimal collaboration and support of recovery efforts,” he wrote. “It is my understanding that not one telecommunications company was initially willing to send a representative to the PCC.
Houston went on to say that other key partners, including Nova Scotia Power, the Canadian Red Cross, Halifax Regional Municipality, and Cape Breton Regional Municipality actively sought opportunities to communicate regularly with Nova Scotians during and after the storm. Houston asked Champagne, whose department oversees Canada’s telecommunications companies, to consider “all potential legislation and regulatory means to hold accountable for participating in emergency planning, preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery to the fullest extent possible.”
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