As spring flooding season approaches, Canadians need the government to act on the National Flood Insurance Program 

The upcoming federal budget presents an opportunity for the government to partner with the insurance industry and invest in a low-cost national flood insurance program for those at highest risk.
Military personnel stack sandbags at Constance Bay on Apr. 30, 2019, when Canadian Forces units were deployed to flood zones along the Ottawa River Valley in response to record high water levels.

As natural disasters occur more frequently and severely, it is becoming riskier to live and work in Canada. That’s not an opinion—it’s simple math. 

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