Canada needs a proactive approach to disaster resilience

Canadians need an approach that leverages the power of nature if we are to keep our heads above both rising flood waters and insurance costs.

Residents in parts of Ottawa and Gatineau, Que., experienced record-breaking and devastating floods in May 2017, like in the Point Gatineau neighbourhood. While there’s no magic solution to prevent future floods, there are ways to mitigate their impacts and make our communities more resilient, writes Roger d’Eschambault.The Hill Time file photograph

Opinion

BY ROGER D’ESCHAMBAULT

July 6, 2022

Canadians have long passed the point where sandbagging shorelines and bailing out basements constitute an adequate flood response. Climate risks continue to grow and the impacts of flooding—both financial and non-financial—are toppling like dominoes. It’s time that natural disaster resilience ...

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