Lake St. Martin flood evacuees protest being out of homes for 4 years

Lake St. Martin First Nation members who have been displaced since the flood of 2011 marched down Portage Avenue this morning, decrying how long they've had to stay out of their homes.

A couple dozen flood evacuees made their way east along Portage on Friday afternoon, holding signs saying, "Missing home" and "Four years is long enough!"

Many from the First Nation have had to stay in Winnipeg hotels since extensive flooding forced them out of their homes in the spring of 2011.

"It's been very tough," Chief Adrian Sinclair told CBC News during the march. "I was hoping that they would expedite this. We should have been home already."

Sinclair said he wants the public to pressure the provincial and federal governments to help get members of his community home, adding that taxpayers have done enough to house his people temporarily in Winnipeg.