To the Nova Scotia fruit growers, I'm a coastal Canadian on the Pacific side, and my province was battered by an atmospheric river in fall 2021 that caused absolutely brutal devastation and damage. I think it cost our province about $9 billion, and a lot of that came from farmland. I know Nova Scotia is no stranger to its fair share of natural disasters from weather. Can you explain a bit about the hard lessons learned from those events, and where you think the federal government can be stepping in to help farms adapt their farming practices to try to establish a bit more resiliency in the face of what are sure to be future storms coming your way? What can be done to help you adapt and become more resilient?
On February 15th, 2024. See this statement in context.