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Canada’s largest cities collectively made little or no progress in preparing for flooding over the past five years, according to a new report, even as increasing numbers of homeowners discover their homes are effectively uninsurable for Canada’s costliest natural hazard.
The University of Waterloo’s Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation interviewed dozens of officials at 16 of the country’s largest municipal governments over the past 2½ years. They were asked to self-assess their city’s performance in preventing development in known floodplains, protecting critical infrastructure such as their electricity grid, maintaining drainage systems, and other criteria. The centre acce