Conservatives, NDP call for House of Commons to have emergency debate on floods in B.C.

Emergency debate in Ottawa called for by Conservative B.C. MPs Ed Fast and Dan Albas, as well as NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh

The Conservatives and the NDP want an emergency debate in the House of Commons this week on the floods wreaking havoc in British Columbia.

The province is working as fast as it can to rebuild and repair highways, bridges and rail lines washed out by flood waters in what some experts estimate will turn out to be the most expensive weather event in Canadian history.Conservative B.C. MPs Ed Fast and Dan Albas say an emergency debate on rebuilding B.C. following the disaster could send a message to British Columbians that the federal government is “seized with this crisis.

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