Federal disaster aid for 2021 B.C. floods taking too long: MP

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.

Federal disaster aid for 2021 B.C. floods taking too long: MP
Farmers carry their livestock out of a flooded barn during flooding in Abbotsford, B.C., on Nov. 15, 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.