Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoCanadians were promised a national flood insurance program 6 years ago. Will Carney actually deliver?thenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkCanadians were promised a national flood insurance program 6 years ago. Will Carney actually deliver?thenarwhal.caSunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 month agoGovernment should be buying those flood prone properties and returning them to parkland. Insuring the inevitable isn’t risk management, its foolish. Don’t build in flood plains. The 1000 year flood is the new 100 year flood, so be sure to buy some good hip waders.
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoInstead, they’re bypassing environmental assessments
minus-squareZamboni_Driver@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoWhy wouldn’t I build in a flood plain? You said that you think the government should reward people who build in flood plains by buying their house. How is that going to make people less likely to build in a flood plain.
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNo one who has ever had a property expropriated ever called it being rewarded.
Government should be buying those flood prone properties and returning them to parkland. Insuring the inevitable isn’t risk management, its foolish.
Don’t build in flood plains. The 1000 year flood is the new 100 year flood, so be sure to buy some good hip waders.
Instead, they’re bypassing environmental assessments
Why wouldn’t I build in a flood plain? You said that you think the government should reward people who build in flood plains by buying their house. How is that going to make people less likely to build in a flood plain.
No one who has ever had a property expropriated ever called it being rewarded.