Thank you, Minister.
Doug Ford is also cutting funding for flood prevention to our local conservation authorities in half. Organizations in Quinte, Lower Trent, Crowe Valley and Cataraqui play a pivotal role in protecting our regions from flooding, right in my riding and for Ontarians.
He is cutting funding to forests for tree planting that prevents soil erosion. He is cutting over $280 million from OMAFRA—cuts, cuts, cuts. Can you tell us what kind of negative impacts this is going to have on the health and safety of Ontarians, in particular in rural Ontario where we are seeing so much of this flooding happening today?