Thank you for your question, and thank you for underlining the ravages that are taking place across this country and the impact on communities, many of whom are in your province and had to be evacuated under very difficult circumstances, especially in the north.

Permit me to not necessarily subscribe to some of the characterizations in the question, but the important part of the question is that this government remains committed to address the issues of climate change in an effective manner. The Prime Minister has a distinguished career in analyzing certain aspects of the matter. The Minister of Environment in place is committed to making her ministry an effective one. I have every confidence in this government and the pursuit of all of its objectives will always take the well-being of our country, our nature, our planet and our future generations into account.

I’m not in the possession of a grand plan to address such a vast and important series of initiatives that not only the federal government but provincial and territorial governments and local communities will have to take. As and when the need and crisis arises, the federal government will be there, as it is for Manitoba which asked for federal assistance in its airlift evacuation support and the government responded.

In the longer term, the government will work with its partners, provinces, territories, Indigenous communities and other stakeholders to address the critical issues of the day and will continue to do so on behalf of all Canadians.