Thank you, Chair.
Good morning, Minister. It's good to see you. You're looking great and healthy on my screen. I hope for the best in your recovery in the upcoming days. Thank you for joining us.
For me, your department is extremely essential to the work we're doing across the country. In my community in Calgary Skyview—I was a city councillor in 2020—we were devastated in June 2020, during COVID, with a hailstorm. It cost $1.5 billion in terms of the damage; there were over 70,000 claims. Deerfoot Trail was under water; the airport tunnel was flooded. It caused extensive damage.
We didn't see much or any response from the provincial government to support our community. For months, nobody showed up to help us in our recovery.
With more extreme weather-related events, what programs are available to directly help our communities adapt and prepare infrastructure for events like these?