Rebuilding housing in the province can start once the immediate crisis of tackling wildfires is over, says the president of the Construction Association of Nova Scotia

But Duncan Williams, whose own home was damaged in the Halifax-area wildfire, said the process of rebuilding will take time.

Wildfires in Nova Scotia have damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes, most in the Halifax-area, and displaced thousands of people. 

Williams said the home construction sector was already under pressure becaus…