It is a major problem for me. That's why I'm part of the Climate Caucus and the Elbows Up for Climate group. We're trying to push for that climate adaptation funding for municipalities across this country.
My town is 3,000 people. My annual budget is about $4 million in taxation. I can't do this alone. I need support from the federal and provincial governments, but we all need to be supporting each other on this, and I cannot stress that enough. You cannot expect small rural communities to deal with these things on our own. We're the front line of these massive events and we're also the economic driver of the country. I have a mine and a mill. We have more jobs than we have homes and people for. We can't continue to expect to survive if we don't have some sort of adaptation and mitigation program to help us.