Policies or Program

• Climate Change Adaptation - Advancing flood resiliency, residential overland flood insurance, flood mapping, weather harden houses/changes in building codes as well as call for more public education programs on flood and climate risks to stress the urgency of the risks that Canadians face.
• Co-op Sector: To establish a framework that will promote the recognition and development of co-operatives in Canada and asks Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) to establish a national co-operative development strategy. Call upon the Federal Government to support or invest in the Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund. To commit resources to build capacity in the co-op sector to promote co-operatives as a sustainable and well understood business model that can have significant impact on major policy.
• Fire Safety with respect to enhancing community resilience to wildfires and implementing a provision in the National Building Code of Canada for the mandatory installation of fire sprinklers in new residential home construction.
• Resilient and Low-Carbon Economy: Support the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures to promote more consistent, comparable, and reliable disclosure of climate related information. Call upon the Government to support the work and recommendations of the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance to reduce climate-risk exposure in Canada's markets and financial institutions. Contribute to the framework for a stable and reliable sustainable finance market. Support policies that catalyze a broad societal partnership to improve community resiliency.