Mr. Chairman, one of the concerns I have right now is even after the fire season is over -- or at least that is what the government says, they don't fight fires any more -- they allow the fires to burn until it gets cold and they burn themselves out. There have been concerns expressed by people who depend on caribou and other animals about the amount of fires. They have cause for concern about the migration of caribou too, the migration path.

The other concern is about whether these fires, because they are not fought, put the aboriginal people in the bad position of viewing the land as a burnt area that is no longer useful to them. I think that is not the case. I think even though the areas are burned, I think the government should develop a way to allow the burned out areas to reforest, through reforestation and planning. I don't think we should allow what is happening in the west, with the amount of fires that have occurred. It is being talked about. People and the media are concerned about the animals.

I haven't heard anything, absolutely nothing, from this government on their feelings about the amount of fires there were this summer, and whether consultations that are required will be taking place. I would like to ask the Minister of Renewable Resources if, in fact, we should be looking at addressing what happened this summer to avoid the same thing happening next summer.