Seems I've said something about this before. Hmm.

Yep, that whole speech on the government blindly subsidizing the rebuilding of an aboriginal community in a flood plain, that's right. Of course, besides the blatant disregard for the canadian taxpayer, there's the fundamental issue of failing miserably in our custodianship of the nation's aboriginal communities, bearing eerie and disconcerting overtones of a choice based more on ideology than anything else. Well, at least if it were an ideological choice, that would excuse this government of what could otherwise be qualified as patent ineptitude, or simply political opportunism, i.e. dealing with the aboriginal issue is simply not politically sexy enough. Short-term cost becomes an issue, and the best ideas grind to a halt.

Meanwhile, the community is being evacuated again, families' lives will be disrupted yet again, and the hospitality of receiving cities will be tested again as hundreds of people are flown in while their houses sit and wait, or drift away. Neither is this the first time we've heard this story. With climate change, this cycle will simply exacerbate with time. Unfortunately, common sense isn't quite common enough.