East Africa - 2011
Aliana Razac
Introduction
What is drought?
The General Process
How did it happen?
Drought in Canada
The Prairies are the most likely to experience drought. In the past 200 years, over 40 droughts have occurred in Western Canada. The droughts in Northern parts of Canada are nothing of a concern because of the low population density. Northern Canada is not developed compared to the South. There would be nothing to reconstruct if a drought were to occur.
The government of Canada had allocated $145.1 million to support humanitarian relief starting in December 2010. Canada would be able to support themselves if a drought were to happen but many people would have to adjust to the new standard of living. The same amount of people would be injured but because of our well developed health care system we would be able to recover. Reconstruction expenses would be much more costly than Africa. There would be more more homes and buildings to reconstruct. In the mean time, citizens would have to support themselves. Because of the failing agriculture, Canada would have to stop relying on local farms and start to import more produce from outside of the country. Farming families would suffer because of their high dependance on their livestock and crops, they would fall into poverty.