The PM says Canada needs 'new ways' of ensuring that happens.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a briefing with members of the Canadian Forces on their response to flooding in the region, in the Ottawa community of Constance Bay on April 27, 2019.
Flooding in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario has forced the evacuation of thousands, and threatened more property as water continues to rise with peaks not expected along the Ottawa River until Tuesday. "here is always much more to do and as we have conversations around how we build back, how we build back better and where we build back, indeed, the federal government will be a partner to the provinces and to the municipalities."
Champagne plans to fast-track projects that could prevent flooding in areas currently under siege, but warned in a recent interview that not every project would be approved, particularly those that might not be able to hold back Mother Nature.Federal assistance to provinces for natural disaster costs is estimated to be $198.35 million this fiscal year, which ends March 2020, even though last year's estimates pegged the cost at $609 million.
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