Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are two things, two main approaches we need to take as we deal with the impacts of climate change.
First, we are going to have to adapt to the changing world, and the changes that are coming have been coming for decades and the changes that were needed to be put into effect are going to take decades to be impacted. In the meantime, we have been adapting to the permafrost issues that the
Member has mentioned. We are adapting and paying for issues like low water, but at the same time we are investing millions, tens upon millions of dollars on alternate energy, changing our consumption patterns, looking at leading the country on biomass, investing in solar, investing in wind. The borrowing limit that we are talking about with the federal government is focused on two main areas. One is roads, the other is looking at the energy issues to bring down the cost of living and reduce our dependence on diesel. Those two areas have been centrepieces to just about all the work we’ve done. Adaptation has affected our roads; we had to replace all the piles in various houses, those types of things. We don’t argue with the science. We know it’s there, we live it every day, and every budget we’ve had in this House reflects that. Thank you.