flood relief should be done by local government and paid for by taxing canadians. it's not charity work. it's a basic public service that citizens have a right to access. we have enough wealth in this society that we can tax our people to provide services; we don't need to rely on american missionary groups because we're too poor to pay for it ourselves.
it's embarrassing.
i'm increasingly left with the question: why, exactly, do canadians pay taxes at all? our government doesn't do anything anymore. it outsources everything.