I would just add that for B.C. we have started with an ambitious approach on mitigating climate change. We have a CleanBC strategy that we're well into the implementation of. For the province, a first step is to take serious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There is a climate preparedness and adaptation strategy that has been in place now for years with significant funding. A key element of that is rethinking water and how we manage water.
I'll just flag a few specifics.
One is that our emergency management ministry is now the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness. When the parliamentary secretary talks about floods, droughts and wildfires, these are increasingly being thought of as climate emergencies, so the responses change.
Second, as the parliamentary secretary noted, he's our first PS for watershed restoration. We now have a Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, so we have a provincial minister who is the political leader for the province on water.
In our submission for the Canada water agency, we actually thought that would be a useful partner. It would be a whole-of-government approach on policy for water, with an ability to give funding through partnerships so that we can get to work.
In B.C., it's impossible for the province to act alone. We need farmers, ranchers, first nations, large industries and the federal government. We can't have just individual programs operating in silos anymore.