I was previously, as you'll know, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. We've learned lessons from the impact of the pandemic, but also by what we are witnessing in this country with an increase in the frequency and severity of climate-related natural disasters. We've seen it with heat domes in British Columbia and very significant floods last fall, and then again this spring. We've seen a very challenging wildfire season, and of course concerns about pandemics and disease are accelerating. It requires that we keep up with the times.
I believe, in the business of emergency preparation and preparedness, if we maintain the status quo we fall behind, because the situation is actually accelerating and getting more difficult. It requires, through the federal emergency response plan and all the ancillary work that goes on around that, that we continue to build upon our ability to create greater resilience and awareness of the impact of these types of events.