'Need this funding now': B.C. MP calls for federal disaster aid for Fraser Valley
A B.C. MP in the Fraser Valley said federal help for the region regarding funds for emergency disasters is taking too long.
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A B.C. MP in the Fraser Valley said federal help for the region regarding funds for emergency disasters is taking too long.
The federal government estimates it will need to pay almost $3.4 billion for its share of the disaster recovery bills for flooding and landslides that devastated British Columbia's Fraser Valley in November 2021.
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OTTAWA - The federal government estimates it will need to pay almost $3.4 billion for its share of the disaster recovery bills for flooding and landslides that devastated British Columbia's Fraser Valley in November 2021.
The federal government estimates it will need to pay almost $3.4 billion for its share of the disaster recovery bills for flooding and landslides that devastated B.C.'s Fraser Valley in November 2021. More than two years later, only about 40 per cent of that has been paid.