Merci bien.
I wanted to come back and clarify the point about whether or not there is a plan to deal with the impacts of climate change in the context of the commissioner's report. There is a difference between a plan and a strategy. The commissioner has asked that there be a clear adaptation policy framework, and there is one under development. It's important to clarify that there is in place—and there has been since late 2007—a clear action plan on the part of the federal government to help Canadians understand and prepare for the impacts of climate change and to adapt to them.
That $85.9 million in programming is focused on improving the science scenarios. We understand what's going to happen. NRCan has $30 million in programming funds to create information and risk assessment tools. They pull together regional adaptation collaborators as well as leaders in a local area and help them to better understand and plan for these eventualities. I think INAC has funded 170 projects in 73 northern communities to enable them to plan, develop, do risk assessments, and put into place local strategies to deal with this.
There is a range of programming that's in place, so there is an action plan. I didn't want the committee to think that there is not a federal action plan to deal with climate change impacts. The commissioner has pointed out that while there is an action plan, there is not necessarily an overarching adaptation framework. We accept that point, and we are working across government to develop an adaptation framework to guide future action plans in this area.