Canada must be ready for reality of climate change, forum told

Canada must be ready for reality of climate change, forum told

Summary:

This article is about the extreme flooding occurring in Toronto and Calgary. With these events happening, the Canadian federal government almost didn't meet it's budget. These floods costed the Canadian economy a lot of money, $4.8 billion in economic loss to be specific according to the insurance agency at a forum on livable cities. The initial clean-up had costed $1.9 billion, which happened to be the most costly natural disaster in the history of Canada! These extreme weather conditions are caused by the effects of global warming. This article basically talks about how they plan to get ready to face this new reality of extreme weather.

What's There: 

The issue is that Canadians need a plan to deal with these climate changes Canadians are facing. Where this is happening is in places such as Toronto and Calgary, and the previous year in Atlantic Canada. The following causes of such climate change is by the effects caused by global warming. Turley-McIntyre says that events related to climate change will not stop. This has happened the previous year in 2013, and has carried on to 2014, when this article was published. Who this affects is every Canadian who are living in these places, because in Calgary, people were evacuated. This also affects the Canadians who experience this because they have to pay insurance, and some of them have even said that they can not afford flooding insurance. This also affects the government because they have to pay for the clean-up after the flooding. 

Why is it There:

Why this is an issue is because there is a lot of work to put into when disasters such as these occur, for the government and citizens. The government has to take money out of the budget to pay for the riddance of the destruction caused by the change of weather. Of course, this money has to come from somewhere, which is the tax payers. They will suffer if the government feels the need to increase taxes because some of the affected citizens cannot afford flood insurances. They will also be affected because this will cause some devastation, such as a water logged house and destroyed property, and they will have to pay for the repair of their house and replace the important property. This happens in Canada because the global warming had an effect that had caused weather changes that were a downside to those affected. The water nearby, like Lake Sikome (and more) which is near Calgary, is where the flood might come from, so the change in weather can make those places a more dangerous source of water.

Why Care:

This issue is an important thing to focus on because as Turley-McIntyre said that this is not coming to an end, and people need aid, mostly financial aid. It is also important to look into this issue because if this is too happen again, there needs to be quick acting to get things back under control with the flooding. This affects people because they in some cases have to evacuate and they have to pay for the damages. The connection this has to our course is when we are talking about liveable cities. When we talk about what makes it a place where people want to live, this article talks about the downside, what makes it a non-liveable city, based on safety and the cost of living their.