Auscandoc<p>“The cost of upgrading the <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/dikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dikes</span></a> that protect the low-lying <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/IsthmusOfChignecto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsthmusOfChignecto</span></a> and prevent Nova Scotia from becoming a defacto island: $300 million. The bill for <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Richmond" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Richmond</span></a>—the fourth-largest city in metropolitan <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Vancouver</span></a>, which includes the <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/VancouverInternationalAirport" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VancouverInternationalAirport</span></a>—to raise its own dikes against rising seas: $1 billion.”</p>