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Front Burner

Severe flooding afflicts Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick again

Today on Front Burner, one Quebec familys difficult decision to leave their flood-ravaged home for good, and a disaster prevention expert on how homes in flood-prone areas should be subject to mandatory buyouts.
Quebec Provincial Police officers escort evacuees to retrieve belongings from their flooded homes on Monday in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Que. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)

"We can't go through this again." Thousands of people across Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick are dealing with serious floods this week and not for the first time. Today on Front Burner, we hear from one Quebec mother on her family's difficult decision to leave their flood-ravaged home for good,and a disaster prevention expert who thinks governments should buy homeowners out of their flood-prone houses.

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