US EditionB.C. minister is ‘cautiously optimistic’ Ottawa will help after Fraser Valley floods
The delegation seeks federal involvement after repeated cross-border flooding threatens food security and trade routes in the Fraser Valley, with funding estimates still being finalized.
- This week Kelly Greene, British Columbia's emergencies minister, travels to Ottawa with Ross Siemens, Mayor of Abbotsford, and Dalton Silver, Chief of Sumas First Nation, for three days to press for federal flood funding as she is cautiously optimistic about success.
- An atmospheric river in December caused Fraser Valley flooding when the Nooksack River, Washington state, spilled into B.C., while Mayor Ross Siemens blasted federal "inaction" over seven weeks earlier.
- The province has committed $3.3 million to the Sumas River Watershed Flood Mitigation Initiative to fund structural and restoration projects in farmland, including increased pumping and dike building.
- Greene and local leaders will meet federal ministers Eleanor Olszewski and Gregor Robertson, saying the federal government 'needs to be at the table' but it has 'felt very challenging' to get matching financial commitments.
- Alex Mitchell warned the scale of funding needed is "The amount of funding that is required to protect this area is closer to $1.8 billion," while Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada announced a $6 billion fund available starting fiscal year 2026-2027.
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B.C. minister is ‘cautiously optimistic’ Ottawa will help after Fraser Valley floods
British Columbia’s emergencies minister says she’s cautiously optimistic about securing federal funding to prevent future flooding in the Abbotsford region, as she prepares to head to Ottawa with the city’s mayor.
B.C. seeks federal partnership on flood management - Water Canada
The province of British Columbia is advocating for federal support for flood resilience on Sumas Prairie. Provincial minister of emergency management and climate readiness Kelly Greene along with Abbotsford mayor Ross Seimens and Semá:th First Nation Chief Dalton Silver will be in Ottawa Feb. 4 and Feb 5 to meet with senior members of the federal cabinet to discuss crucial flood-reduction infrastructure projects and emergency preparedness in Bri…
B.C. minister is 'cautiously optimistic' Ottawa will help after Fraser Valley floods – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s emergencies minister says she’s cautiously optimistic about securing federal funding to prevent future flooding in the Abbotsford region, as she prepares to head to Ottawa with the city’s mayor. Kelly Greene’s mission to Ottawa on Tuesday with Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens and Sumas First Nation Chief Dalton Silver comes more than seven weeks after Siemens blasted federal “inaction” on cross-border flooding that has…
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