• Appointing a national disaster resilience advisor to the Privy Council Office.
̵ This office would be analogous to the National Security and Intelligence Advisor established after 9/11 and would advise Cabinet and the Prime Minister’s Office, helping ensure that the government is prepared for future risks.
• Implementing a national action plan on floods, including establishing a residential high risk flood insurance program to ensure all Canadians are financially protected while avoiding future government bailouts.
• Devising and implementing a national climate adaptation strategy that is:
̵ Based on measurable targets;
̵ Addresses existing provincial concerns on flood readiness while leveraging private sector solutions to reduce government exposure and spending; and
̵ Addresses wildfire and drought exposure in collaboration with farmers, ranchers, and foresters.
• Incorporating a mitigation and adaptation lens to the government’s infrastructure investments.
̵ Communities must be able to identify risks and be able to plan to address them. An adaptation lens can include designing infrastructure to be resilient to extreme weather events, but it also might include designing other infrastructure to protect against known hazards. In either case, this will help communities be prepared in the event of an emergency.
• Work with provinces and territories to develop a natural infrastructure plan that includes:
̵ The development of a national standard to assess the value of natural infrastructure;
̵ A requirement that public sector accounting practices be updated to include a proper valuation of existing natural infrastructure;
̵ Requirements to incorporate retention of natural infrastructure into community design; and
̵ Incentives for farmers and landowners to protect and restore natural infrastructure.
• Investing in technology that can improve the early detection of wildfires and better predict their behaviour.
• Recognizing and encouraging emissions-reducing practices like low/no till and 4R Nutrient Stewardship.
• Establishing transparent and reliable standards for carbon credits associated with land management practices with the eventual goal of establishing a national carbon offset market. This market would link together existing compliance programs associated with federal and provincial regulations.
• Exploring the use of incentives to preserve and enhance natural infrastructure on private lands that contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation, with a particular focus on working landscapes with downstream impacts on populated areas.
• Working with provinces, territories and the agriculture and forestry sectors to identify and support ways in which the sectors can contribute to enhancing carbon sequestration.
• Investing in forest health and wildfire prevention and early detection.
• Working with Indigenous communities including by expanding the creation of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) managed and stewarded by Indigenous Guardians.