Senate committee on agriculture and forestry report found that large swaths of Fraser Valley agricultural land remain vulnerable to flooding
A Senate committee says there is an urgent need for the federal and British Columbia governments to help develop a plan for flood control in the Fraser Valley, one that would involve spending billions of dollars to bolster dikes in the region east of Vancouver.
He noted that climate change will likely lead to future disasters. “At the rate that Canada is warming, we know that major floods will reoccur and the damage they cause could be worse,” he said. He added the committee heard that if the Fraser River were to overflow its banks the damage would be at least 10 times greater than that caused by the 2021 floods.Despite calling for billions in spending, Mr. Black said he was not in a position to be specific about costs. “We have heard billions.
Without spending on new dikes, Mr. Black said on Thursday, “We’ll see this happen again, and again and again.” The committee found that large swaths of Fraser Valley agricultural land remain vulnerable to flooding because they are on a drained lakebed.
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