It's a very difficult question. Public Safety Canada analyzed it extensively in the course of preparing that report. There are good examples across the country. The best example is the Province of Quebec, which did introduce a buyout program. Unfortunately, the price of the buyout was about $200,000 on average, which was too low to entice people to accept it.
Where Public Safety Canada landed was that the best timing for it is after an event. Instead of rebuilding, that's when you try to offer people money, so that they don't rebuild in harm's way.
It's difficult to get people to leave unless you somehow make it a mandatory buyout program, which is sometimes politically very difficult.
There is a lot of great experience across the country with these buyout programs that you can learn from. High River in Alberta is the one that's held up as probably the most successful.
At least putting the framework in place would be good. The SOREM discussions with the provinces on this topic are quite far along. They have discussed it; it's not new, so there is a foundation to build upon.