OTTAWA, ON — With climate disasters intensifying across Canada, federal public service professionals gathered along Sussex Drive to warn that government cuts to the public service are undermining Canada’s ability to prepare, prevent and respond to emergencies. …The displays asked people to consider what Canada loses when public scientific capacity is cut. “The government’s own briefing made clear there is a growing wildfire risk across the country,” said Sean O’Reilly, President of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. “What it didn’t explain is why it is cutting the tools and experts behind flood monitoring, severe weather research, wildfire mapping, emergency warnings, and climate resilience.” Affected by the cuts are experts who map wildfires and floods, monitor air quality, study threats to Canada’s forests, and strengthen severe weather forecasting. Cuts include the 24/7 Weather Radio — a battery-powered emergency alert system critical to northern, remote and indigenous communities who face disproportionate climate impacts.