MPs don hip waders, grab sandbags to help amid historic flooding

'The community efforts are tremendous, it’s really quite inspiring,' says Liberal MP Will Amos.

Liberal MP Frank Baylis, left, who represents one of the hardest-hit sections in the Montreal region, and his entire staff joined countless volunteers helping out with sandbagging and other support initiatives during the ongoing flooding.Photograph courtesy of Frank Baylis

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

May 10, 2017

Along every swollen waterway, every eroded riverbank, every washed out road, the plot lines remained identical: hundreds of neighbours, friends, and even strangers to lend a hand to beleaguered residents confronted with surging wat...

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