In my opinion, no. I believe that if we do mitigation properly at the provincial-territorial level across our country and fund mitigation properly—the first of the four functions—those types of activities belong within the purview of the provinces.
They work directly with the municipalities, and I want to make it clear that each province defines “municipality” in a different way. As a member of SOREM and in my briefings to the Council of the Federation in years gone by, we approached it differently for have provinces and have-not provinces. There is a role for the federal government to assist the provinces that aren't as strong or don't have the same resources. In my opinion, that's the role of the provinces and territories with assistance from the federal government.