It's a good question. First of all, we'll never stop responding. Those financial and other demands will not do anything but grow as we see climate continue to threaten first nations communities.
If there's any expectation that there will be a reduction in emergency response costs, we will see that sometime in the future. Indeed, even with mitigation, adaptation and better infrastructure, when a calamity occurs there is a need to respond. Indigenous Services Canada will always be there and will work in partnership with provinces and territories to make sure people are safe. That's our top-line job.
Having said that, this is the challenge. The pivot is, how do you do two things at once? It's not unlike other kinds of prevention conversations. We know, for example, that we should spend more on health prevention to reduce the load in hospitals, yet we have a hard time switching, as a society, from focusing on responding to the prevention.
I think we have to do both. I think we're going to have to continue to sustain our funding for emergency response while also ensuring that we become more reflective of the need to make investments that reflect the incredible pressure that infrastructure and people are facing as a result of climate change.