Feds to Spend $1.6 Billion on New National Climate Adaptation Strategy

Feds to Spend $1.6 Billion on New National Climate Adaptation Strategy
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The federal government has announced it will spend $1.6 billion on its newly unveiled “National Adaptation Strategy,” which it says is a commitment to a “whole-of-society approach” to tackling climate change.

The funding will go to local communities for the purpose of reinforcing infrastructure, such as bridges and roads, so that communities can  survive “extreme weather events” like forest fires and floods.