Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for joining us today, Dr. Pomeroy and MP Scarpaleggia. Thank you for bringing forward this very important bill.
My question is for you, Dr. Pomeroy. It sure seems to me that floods, droughts and things of that sort related to extreme weather events happen more frequently these days. It seems as though a lot of that impression might be driven by a 24-hour news cycle and a heightened awareness of and attention to those matters, but is it accurate to suggest that property damage and natural disasters on that scale with respect to floods, droughts and extreme weather on the coast are happening more and more frequently?