Rising Waters Add Urgency to Disaster Planning: ‘Been Through so Much’

Rising Waters Add Urgency to Disaster Planning: ‘Been Through so Much’
A resident of Fitzroy Harbour, Ont., work to hold back flood waters on the Ottawa River on April 29, 2019. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Flood waters were still rising around Ottawa Wednesday, May 1, even as officials talked of planning for a future of similar disasters—and Canada’s need to prevent, prepare and adapt.

“Either you invest in adaptation—otherwise you'll have to spend on remediation year after year,” federal Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told reporters.