Municipal Relief

Canadian cities are poised to play a key role in the Asian tsunami reconstruction efforts

Published January 12, 2005

Canadian municipalities are jockeying for a central role in the effort to restore basic services to South Asian and African communities demolished by the tsunami on Boxing Day.

For Brock Carlton, Director of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' international arm, it makes perfect sense. "The thinking of [medium and long-term reconstruction] needs to start now," says Mr. Carlton, head of the International...

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