YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Protecting our communities from extreme weather

When disastrous floods hit the Fraser Valley in 2021, people’s safety and livelihoods were threatened in a way we had not seen before. I am so proud of the resilience and bravery that people in the Fraser Valley showed during those hard days, and I hope that we don’t have to witness British Columbians go through something like that again any time soon.
The fact is, climate change means that these types of disasters will happen in our province again. Keeping people safe is our governm