As I noted above, after the 1957 Hurricane in Toronto, the city appropriated the floodplains. There was no benefit to rebuilding when people could easily be rel

As I noted above, after the 1957 Hurricane in Toronto, the city appropriated the floodplains. There was no benefit to rebuilding when people could easily be relocated. The trouble with Winnipeg is that it's an entire city. It's an economic engine that was built on a river at the time when river commerce was vital. Moving the entire city is infeasible at this point in time, so the givernment assumes some of the flood risk and mitigates some of it with civic projects.