Blair said as the work to rebuild gets underway, Canada needs to acknowledge how quickly critical infrastructure was damaged by the storm and build back better than before. "Dikes, the critical infrastructure that's in place, was very significantly impacted by this and clearly in rebuilding much of that, we're going to have to take into account these new weather events." "It means making sure that we make the right investments to deal with the impact of climate change as well as addressing the causes of climate change," he said. flooding and climate change resiliency this week, and the Liberals say they will support the requests. "I think it's really important, first of all, to communicate with people who are going to be impacted by these weather events so they can take timely action," Blair said.

Source: CBC News November 23, 2021 21:59 UTC