EPCOR has said it could provide a $20-million dividend if council allowed it to take over the city's drainage department, including flood mitigation rehabilitation. Several councillors said they're worried about what will happen to the city's long-term flood mitigation plans if EPCOR were to take over the operations. The proposal is controversial, given EPCOR's two previous failed attempts to take over city drainage. Council will hold a hearing to get public information before it decides whether or not to hand over the drainage assets to EPCOR. Michael Walters said he supported the study only to get answers to questions he has about how flood mitigation infrastructure and disasters will be handled.

Source: CBC News June 15, 2016 01:41 UTC