加拿大需要防洪,并且必须有人为此付出代价。是的,还有其他威胁——火灾、冰雹、风、积雪、永久冻土损失和海岸线侵蚀都将花费大量资金来修复——但洪水是最严重、最紧迫的威胁。
(Canada needs to be flood-proofed, and somebody has to pay for it. Yes, there are other threats, too - fire, hail, wind, snow load, permafrost loss and shoreline erosion will all cost a great deal of money to remediate - but flooding is the big, urgent one.)