Voters only have to look at the dozens of washed out roads to tell flooding poses obstacles for political campaigning in Provencher.
That's why NDP candidate Al Mackling is taking a different approach to canvassing in this rural riding.
"Door-to-door canvassing in an area like Provencher is virtually an impossibility," he said.
Instead, Mackling is holding a series of meetings throughout the riding.
"If they want to see me, I've made myself available," he says.
The former Manitoba MLA is quick to point out he negotiated funding for the province's first major dike system while in office.
As soon as the election was called, Conservative incumbent Vic Toews canvassed flood-prone areas. When flooding started, Toews says he got out of people's way.
"I think that people would resent the fact you're there. If you're there to help, that's fine, but they don't particularly view politicking during a flood as being helpful."
Liberal candidate Terry Hayward, a retired federal government worker, is spending the final week of the campaign trying to win it back for the Liberals.
The Conservative riding hasn't been Liberal in more than a decade. Hayward is busy campaigning, but much of his campaign team is at home dealing with flooding.
"Some have personal issues with their own properties and I've said, 'look, the campaign is secondary compared to what you have to go through. You take care of your own business.'"
Green Party candidate Janine Gibson, Pirate candidate Ric Lim and Christian Heritage Party candidate David Reimer are also running in Provencher.
Hayward was headed to an event led by Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff Tuesday. Ignatieff stopped in Winnipeg to hold a rally at the Winnipeg South campaign office of Liberal candidate Terry Duguid. It's a riding the Liberals hope to take from Conservative incumbent Rod Bruinooge.
- with a report from CTV's Laura Lowe
