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    INCREASED FREQUENCY, MAGNITUDE, DURATION AND LIABILITY OF FLOODS: “Politics prevents you from doing the right thing. And politicians ignore what they do not understand. This results in risks and liabilities. That’s my concern.” – Mike Morris, former BC Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General


    “We know the cause of the increased frequency, magnitude and duration of floods. Yet nobody seems to do a damn thing about it. As a former minister of public safety, I am very concerned about risks and liabilities. So, I have put my markers down in the provincial legislature. I am a professional investigator. I did that for 32 years in the RCMP. When we needed answers, we would go to the science. Or we would go to the experts. That was our job as investigators. And that is what drew me to Younes Alila and his forest hydrology research findings,” stated Mike Morris.

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    CLEARCUT LOGGING AND CONSEQUENTIAL FLOOD RISK AND LIABILITY: “I think there has never been a moment in the history of the legislature where such a deep discussion about the science and professional practice of hydrology took place!” stated Younes Alila, professional engineer and professor in the UBC Faculty of Forestry


    Younes Alila is in the news because he is raising the alarm. His message boils down to RISK AND LIABILITY. The actual consequences of clearcut logging, he warns, are magnified in this era of weather extremes. “Like many others, MLA Mike Morris stumbled upon some of my papers. Not long ago, we were both interviewed by the same journalist for an article. We got to know each other through that article. And then we started talking. Mike Morris asked me questions about hydrology and hydrological responses,” stated Younes Alila.

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