Transport committee  Absolutely. We're in contact with Vermont right now because we share Lake Champlain. Consequently, people from Vermont sit on our steering committee.

Transport committee  That's a piece of information that I don't have right now. I think so, but I can't confirm that for you.

Transport committee  Our communications are quite good. We have a tripartite committee involving public safety, which is a provincial jurisdiction, Vermont and the federal government. We have a committee that has been monitoring the situation since 2011.

Transport committee  Yes. Unfortunately, it's as though it takes a disaster for us to get any information, but I hope we'll be better prepared for the next one. As I said at the outset, the question isn't whether it will happen again, but rather when.

Transport committee  It has a major impact. Climate change is a concern for us because our aging infrastructure doesn't allow water to drain adequately. Infrastructure upgrades are obviously a significant financial burden. Separating the systems isn't the only work we need to do; we also have to do everything else; we have to provide services to the public.

Transport committee  That's exactly correct.

Transport committee  The current funding level is absolutely unsatisfactory. That's why we're making increasing demands on the Quebec and federal governments.

Transport committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thank you for having me here on the day following World Environment Day to discuss adapting infrastructure to face climate change. My name is Andrée Bouchard, and I am the mayor of the Ville de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, the eleventh Quebec municipality to increase its population to 100,000 inhabitants in 2022, and a garrison town with more than 355 years of history, that is now facing infrastructure challenges.