I could go on all day about that one. There's a lot we can do.
Unfortunately, historically, we built our homes in flood plains. Our communities are based where the water is, and that is a big part of the problem we're facing. We build them here. We also [Technical difficulty—Editor] with fire, especially in rural British Columbia.
There are ways to deal with that. Like I said earlier, we can look at what we've done historically and try to correct that through nature-based solutions. We can look to Western science as well as traditional knowledge. We can mitigate a lot of that, but we can also do that through our zoning and through the way we build.
I mentioned earlier, in my speech, that we are talking about building to “get wet”. We allow you to build above the flood plain, but the garage for your car can be in the flood plain. You can still have your house there, but all your electrical and mechanical have to be above the flood plain. This allows you to continue to live where your house is, because we have no program to buy people out. Grand Forks was one of the few that were able to get secured funding to buy properties. We've had zero luck even having that discussion, to this point.
