Mr. Speaker, Manitoba residents faced a terrible period of destruction and loss last spring with the catastrophic Red River flood. Now months later with winter approaching many residents are still trying to rebuild their lives.
Instead of receiving flood relief as promised by the federal and provincial governments, they find themselves caught in the middle while these two governments argue over who is liable to bear the costs.
I received a letter from an Ontario resident who sympathizes with those affected by the flood and with the struggle for compensation they now face.
She suggests Liberal members of the House should move into trailers in Ottawa to get an understanding of what Manitobans are going through.
Last spring the prime minister went to Manitoba to show how he could throw a bag of sand. When is the government going to honour its commitments and start throwing some real help to Manitoba flood victims?