Thanks very much, Chair.
Thank you all very much for being here.
It's interesting. Briefings such as this, conversations such as this, allow us to go a mile wide and an inch deep, and you can see some of us trying to scratch the surface and go a little deeper.
I have questions on two topics. Hopefully we have enough time in the five minutes to cover both of them at least at a high level.
I represent a riding called Etobicoke Centre. This is a suburban riding in the 416 area, in the city of Toronto. Back in 2013, there was flooding throughout the GTA. That was well covered; you would be aware of that. Etobicoke was hit particularly hard. There was flooding inside people's homes, transit was shut down, and so on.
I understand that the city is responsible for mitigating the risk associated with flooding such as that. There's the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. There are a number of entities involved in that.
To what degree, if at all, is the federal government involved in mitigating that? What are some of the steps the federal government takes to do so?