There's a lot there and not enough time in committee to unpack all of it. I would say that the biggest priority in our world is definitely going to be dedicated funding.
We are continually seeing these wild swings in funding. It doesn't enable us to plan it doesn't enable us to forecast. Quite frankly, we are often firefighting and living in crisis management rather than proactively addressing all of these issues. This summer in British Columbia we had a drought, and even now we're still in drought here in a number of parts. Addressing those things ahead of time proactively is probably the best step.
The other piece that we didn't have a chance to talk to is around regulation and enforcement of regulation. Recently the University of Victoria environmental law centre put together a report for the Yaqan Nukiy First Nation and the B.C. Wildlife Federation related to the harmful alteration of fish habitat through hydroelectric development. Permits or authorizations are supposed to be given by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans if we're going to allow hydroelectric developers to impact fish habitat, and what we found in that case was that no permits had been issued. In essence, we're asking the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to follow its own rules to bring BC Hydro and Fortis into compliance.
I would say those are two of the top. We already have existing regulations and legislation that don't have enforcement or are not being used. In our world of British Columbia, we would definitely love to see the Government of Canada step up with $400 million for the watershed security fund.