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CALGARY- Alberta’s official opposition has come up with a long list of recommendations, following the devastating June floods.

The Wildrose Party’s report breaks down seven areas of provincial responsibility, and makes 22 recommendations. It calls for an engineering report with new flood maps done immediately, so homeowners can decide whether they should rebuild or relocate, and has ideas about how victims should be compensated.

MLA Rob Anderson says they’ll push the government to cap compensation for wealthy homeowners, limiting it to average home prices.

“Those with million dollar properties and businesses affected by flooding should be asked to pay for their rebuilding costs over and above the cap,” says Anderson. “We cannot afford as taxpayers to be paying for five, six million dollar homes.

“That is not reasonable to ask taxpayers to do.”

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The Wildrose are also blasting the Tory government, saying they failed to prepare for the floods by failing to act on recommendations from a flood mitigation report back in 2006.

The province recently released its own four point flood recovery plan, which includes supporting flood victims, nurturing economic growth, restoring infrastructure and reestablishing and protecting the environment.

Click here to read the Wildrose Party’s full report.