Policies and programs that permanently remove structures from floodplains should be promoted.

Recovery, rebuilding, and mitigation expertise and information should be shared across the border.

Establish an ongoing monitoring system for resilience levels in the Red River Basin.

The way in which currently defined levels of acceptable flood risk relate to long-term resilience needs to be examined.

Nongovernmental organizations involved in recovery operations should be encouraged to consider how their practices affect resilience and modify them accordingly.

Review and improve the delivery of assistance programs.

Consideration should be given to the establishment of an insurance scheme in Canada that would make affordable flood policies available.

Establish a national mitigation strategy and accompanying broadly defined mitigation programs in Canada.

Different ways to increase policy coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program should be considered.

A more thoroughly integrated approach to mitigation activities should be developed and adopted.