Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is a bit outside of my jurisdiction because we don't have forests in my constituency, or even trees. But, I have heard a lot in this House and in the news lately about forest firefighting and, particularly, about the importance of Bird Dog officers in safely guiding these big water bombers into fires. I heard the Minister in a news report recently suggesting that he plans to go ahead with bombing, even without the Bird Dog officers. So, my question to the Minister for forest fire management is, now that some of the Bird Dog officers have been laid off and the remainder are refusing to report to work, does the Minister have a plan for safely continuing to bomb these fires? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Dennis Patterson on Question 633-12(7): Plans For Safe Firefighting Without Bird Dog Officers' Assistance
In the Legislative Assembly on June 16th, 1995. See this statement in context.
Question 633-12(7): Plans For Safe Firefighting Without Bird Dog Officers' Assistance
Item 6: Oral Questions
June 15th, 1995
Page 1383
Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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