Thank you for that, Minister.
I'm a Cape Breton member of Parliament, so I appreciate your words talking about our fight against climate change. We're dealing with day four of an extreme weather event in Cape Breton, where we've seen more than 150 centimetres of snow, something that no elders in my community or in our records can show has ever happened before. This is just 16 to 18 months after Hurricane Fiona, which we had never seen before. We're seeing rivers wash away the Cabot Trail because of climate change.
What are the steps we're taking now to address what's going to be happening later? We know that climate change is real. We know that it's happening, and it's hitting coastal communities harder than most areas. Why is it so important for us to do the work we're doing for the environment?