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Ottawa should help B.C. create better flood relief plan, Senate report finds

By CBC News   

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Disaster affected more than 1,000 farms, 2.5 million livestock.

A new Senate report is calling on the federal government to work with the provincial and local governments in B.C. to create a better, more comprehensive flood relief plan to protect the Fraser Valley from disastrous flooding in the future.

The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry released its findings on Thursday after hearing from nearly two dozen witnesses about the disastrous effects of flooding last November and the support the province offered in the aftermath.

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