From finding a contractor to filing insurance claims, flood victims are knee-deep in work. And residents say Quebec’s tight deadline for compensation claims makes matters worse.
“It’s terrible, two weeks, because everybody is worried, they’re working and have their heads full of this,” Saint-Jerome resident, Nathalie Voisard said in an interview.
She said her basement flooded on Aug. 9.
“[There is a] kindergarten and at the other side it’s an apartment that somebody was living there.”
Voisard said she also believes more should be done to inform people about this deadline.
“I just told my neighbour that she could do that, and she said ‘Oh my god. I didn’t know that.’ I think that people don’t know anything,” Voisard said.
Residents have 15 days following a flood to make a claim with their municipality. However, there are restrictions limiting who is eligible.
“I don’t think we fit in the criteria that the government put in place, and that’s …