Transport committee  There is a question about—and it was brought up before—forest management practices. There have been some studies done around what could be the role of wetlands around municipalities, encouraging wetland rehabilitation, etc., where humidity might be able to play a role. There is,

Transport committee  I'll have to get back to you with a report. I don't have specifics on it.

Transport committee  We've come a long way. With regard to flood mapping, seven years ago the flood maps for this country were terrible. We relied on what we received from Natural Resources Canada as an input. However, now there are global private-sector firms that model Canada for flooding, and the

Transport committee  I wouldn't say that the role is necessarily to intervene. I would say that the federal government has a leadership role to play in trying to address these gaps. Canada is becoming a riskier place to insure. The reinsurers—those are the companies that we pass risk onto globally—ha

Transport committee  I'm going to deliberately sidestep that specific question and say that an alternative approach is to address those incentives that I mentioned before. The federal government stands up a national flood insurance program, funds it and backstops it, but then relies on the province