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| | Government of Canada Announces an Initial Payment of $5 Million to the Province of Ontario for the 2004 Peterborough ... |
 | | PETERBOROUGH, July 15, 2005 -- The Honourable Peter Adams, Member of Parliament for Peterborough, on behalf of Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced today an initial payment of $5,000,000 to the Province of Ontario under the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA). |
 | | This announcement, made with Jeff Leal, Member of Provincial Parliament for Peterborough and Sylvia Sutherland, Mayor of Peterborough, marks the one-year anniversary since the flood. |
 | | Once all the necessary repairs to infrastructure are completed and provincial claims finalized, the province submits its final claim for reimbursement under the DFAA to Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada. |
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