Thank you. That is a great question.
The capacity of Canadian provinces, territories and municipalities to respond to emergencies has definitely evolved.
Certainly, we have very strong provinces in many cases. Quebec obviously has a very strong emergency management capability, and I think many municipalities have evolved significantly over the last, say, decade.
As I said, I think historically as Canadians we understood that there were floods and forest fires every year, though we had not really had the massive scale of things they saw in Florida, for instance, every year, or in the gulf, but I think that's changing. I think people understand. We sometimes refer to that as EM—emergency management—literacy and awareness, and I do think that many municipalities and in particular many provinces have come a long way in the last decade. I've been in this role for a little over three years, and we've seen, even through successive waves of COVID, over the last few years the engagement, the capacity and the literacy in these organizations to respond—and that affects their demands for federal assistance. All of that has significantly evolved in the last three years. People, I think, have really woken up to the fact of the challenge and have resourced it adequately.
We've had major events in which provinces have said, “No, it's fine. We have this under control. We don't need your help”, and that's the kind of thing we like to see. But I'll stop there.