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Recent flooding that has hit Abbotsford wasn’t a surprise, but rather a warning fulfilled.

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Experts, engineers, and local leaders had long raised that alarm. They knew that the Nooksack's overflow north into Canada wasn't a fluke of nature. It was predictable outcome of neglect. It was the result of decades of political paralysis, both in Washington State and here at home in B.C. and Canada.

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Abbotsford and the Fraser Valley are not just a dots on a map. These communities are the heart of British Columbia's agriculture sector, and this land is responsible for $3.8 billion in annual activity, 16,000 jobs, and for feeding BC!

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Yet despite this enormous contribution, Abbotsford farmers and families live under the constant shadow of another flood. The science is clear, the hydrology is clear, the risk is clear, and the time for more studies, more reports, and more international working groups has long passed. We need investment, and we need it today, we need it now!