Montreal asks Qubec to introduce new measures to adapt to climate change [Video]

The Montreal Metropolitan Community (CMM) is asking the Quebec government to implement new measures to adapt to climate change, and to adjust the general financial assistance program (PGAF).

At the close of the forum on urban floods and runoff on Friday, CMM elected representatives, which groups 82 municipalities, issued three requests to the Quebec government.

“We need to improve emergency response plans” and “support the renovation of homes to make them more resilient,” in addition to increasing “the compensation offered to homeowners by adjusting the General Disaster Financial Assistance Program,” said Nicolas Milot, director of ecological transition and innovation at the CMM.

Improving emergency response plans

Accompanying citizens during crises, such as the one that occurred during Storm Debby’s passage, “requires resources” that municipalities don’t have, Milot argued, in an interview with The Canadian Press.

At the beginning of August, Debby brought more than 150 mm of rain to the region in half a …