Parks Canada cuts its fire preparedness budget 23 percent a year before a disastrous wildfire burned Jasper, Alta., says an internal report. The Agency had boasted of spending millions to mitigate losses before fire destroyed 358 buildings in Jasper and left 40 percent of residents homeless.

“Parks Canada uses a variety of tools and strategies including prescribed fires, forest thinning and the creation of community fire guards to reduce the impact of wildfire and protect the public, communities and infrastructure,” managers wrote in an October 1 Briefing Book. “Millions of dollars have been invested,” said the document.

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