Public Accounts committee  I agree, actually, that we need to shift from that response. I agree that we need to make this shift in Canada more broadly and in the first nation emergency management world, and I want us all to put our attention, our focus and our efforts towards mitigation and preparedness. I

Public Accounts committee  I don't think, actually.... This concept of communities and countries and municipalities, all parties, actually, wanting to move increasingly toward mitigation and preparedness is not a new concept, certainly not—

Public Accounts committee  All jurisdictions need to make that particular recommendation. All EM experts—

Public Accounts committee  We have a say in that, and all emergency management experts in fact do repeat that message: that we need to be focusing more on mitigation and preparedness.

Public Accounts committee  We are definitely working towards that shift, sir.

Public Accounts committee  Kwey kakina. Hello. Ullukkut. Tansi. Thank you for having me. Before we begin, I want to acknowledge that we are on the land of my ancestors, my relatives, and we gather in the traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. Meegwetch. Thank you for invitin