Brad Vis says federal disaster aid for Fraser Valley floods, landslides taking too long
The federal government estimates it will need to pay almost $3.4 billion for its share of the disaster recovery bills for flooding and landslides that devastated British Columbia’s Fraser Valley in November 2021.“Our communities need this funding now,” said Brad Vis, the Conservative MP for the sprawling, crescent-shaped riding of Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon.
Southern B.C. was hit by an atmospheric river — the kind of rainstorm that triggered the 2021 disaster — in both 2022 and 2023, and fresh downpours prompted another flood warning in January.In 2022, an advisory panel — tasked by Ottawa to guide a national plan to better prepare for the impact of climate change — also recommended a timeline of a year or less to ensure disaster-hit communities are promptly “made whole.
“We know that we need to do more and we are,” Sajjan told a security and defence conference last week in Ottawa. Between 1970 and 2023, 283 disasters have resulted in claims under DFAA. About half have been for flooding, and almost one-third for rainstorms or major storms such as hurricanes. Since 2017, 29 events resulted in claims and all but one remain open claims. Saskatchewan wildfires in 2017 are in the “final audit” stage.
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