Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
It is a very interesting report. There are a number of things that could be asked here, but I want to begin by looking at what was said about COVID-19 and the emergency response and how that might apply to the crisis of climate change.
In the report, it says the COVID-19 pandemic “suggests that Canadians can draw crisis management lessons” from it, and that “economic recovery efforts will provide opportunities for the emergence of a stronger, more climate‑resilient society—if governments at all levels, citizens, the private sector, and civil society work together.”
That's a profound statement. I'm not disagreeing with it. I think there are lessons to be taken from the pandemic and applied to a range of different challenges and, indeed, crises such as climate change. I wonder if you could elaborate.
I suppose this goes to Mr. DeMarco. I wonder, sir, if you could elaborate on how exactly to do that, because what's being called for is straightforward, but at the same time, I think it would be enormously complex to have the federal government implement. What would be some pragmatic ways to move ahead?