Ms. Cobden from the Canadian Climate Forum, you talked about building in climatic resilience and discouraging construction in flood plains. I would have thought it would be illegal in Canada, as it is in most municipalities, to build on a flood plain, quite frankly. I realize that maybe in southern Manitoba it's all flood plain and they're going to continue to build there, but a lot of mitigation has already occurred.
There's always a short-term view that's immediate, but there's also a long-term view. Maybe Mr. Orb from the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities would speak on this as well.
The long-term view in Nova Scotia, quite frankly, is that the ocean is getting higher—there's no question about it—but we suffer from a dual problem, because the land is actually slipping. The land is sinking as the ocean rises. How much of this, in a situation such as this, can be the responsibility of any level of government?
I'll go back to the long-term planning. Is it the job of the federal government to come in with disaster relief money in every single case when we know, by every measure, that we will have a problem in oceanfront property in Atlantic Canada, for instance?
Mr. Brison would be interested in this question, I'm sure.