The engineer who told residents in High River that the Hampton Hills community was sacrificed to minimize flooding in the rest of the town used an unfortunate choice of words, says Alberta's associate minister in charge of rebuilding efforts.
Rick Fraser, the minister in charge of recovery and reconstruction for the High River region, was reacting to secretly recorded video obtained by CBC News on Tuesday.
The southern Alberta town was hit by flooding June 20, and a state of emergency was in place for weeks.
The video shows Darwin Durnie — who was hired by the province to manage the flood emergency in High River — explaining to residents of Hampton Hills that their homes were allowed to flood as part of a larger plan to channel water out of the town with the help of two hastily built berms.
The proximity of Hampton Hills to the Little Bow River diversion canal put the neighbourhood in harm's way despite it being on relatively high ground.
But Fraser criticized the version of events Durnie outlined to homeowners at the private, secretly videotaped meeting last Friday.
"Those words do not reflect the government's views," Fraser said in a written release late Tuesday.
"The people of Hampton Hills need to know that we're here for them and will continue to stand with them as they seek to restore their lives."
Fraser said he was pleased to hear that two-thirds of Hampton Hills residents are back home.
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