Madam Speaker, despite some worthy efforts made in recent years, we find ourselves in a situation where the need for climate change prevention and adaptation is greater than ever, far exceeding current contributions, including the contributions of a federal government that should be investing much more, especially to help the provinces and indigenous nations better adapt to climate change. The responsibility and the needs involved are huge. Despite efforts made in recent years through its initial adaptation strategy, the federal government has missed the mark when it comes to providing the essential financial contributions required for short-term crisis management.
If we are serious about tackling these extreme climate events, we need to address the source of the problem, which means reducing emissions by a lot more and drafting a credible nationwide emissions reduction plan. Unfortunately, this has not been done. Unless they do these things, Canada and every other country in the world will unfortunately be unable to adapt to the growing number of extreme climate events, like forest fires, which are hitting Quebec and other places across the planet harder and harder.