Feds won’t help provinces for disaster compensation if housing built in flood areas
The federal environment minister is warning that Ottawa will not provide disaster compensation where a province deliberately allows housing to be built in areas prone to flooding.
Steven Guilbeault’s comments come after the Ontario government announced plans last month to open up the protected Greenbelt to development.
The Progressive Conservative government has proposed removing land from 15 different areas of the Greenbelt so that 50,000 homes can be built, while adding acres elsewhere.
Guilbeault says he’s “very worried” by what he’s seeing in Ontario.