Through you, Mr. Chair, certainly we've heard from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and many other individual municipalities across the country that part of what constrains their ability to build resilient infrastructure and make their existing infrastructure resilient is a lack of stable funding and a lack of mechanisms to generate that funding.
Certainly the scale of infrastructure adaptation that's going to be required in this country needs much more funding and needs many more financial resources than are available right now. That's going to require innovative solutions, both in terms of maximizing the utility of public finances as well as in potentially looking for more creative ways to bring in private financing as well.
To your second point, certainly municipal asset management and long-term capital planning have been highlighted by the municipal community in Canada as vital parts of planning, maintaining and operating infrastructure that is climate resilient. Land use planning to situate infrastructure and development in places that are appropriate both for the current and potential future climate, given how climate risks will change, is vital as well.
We have heard from stakeholders across the country, particularly in the municipal sector, that all of those are areas where they need supports, standardized approaches and capacity, especially at the small and medium-sized municipality level.