Mr. Chairman, the government fights fires in areas that are considered to be high priority areas. They might be for harvesting because of timber resources, those things that are deemed to be in the public interest. We also try to protect private property. Those are the general criteria we use for determining where and when we should be fighting fires. The aboriginal groups would not be excluded from this policy. Their lands would not be excluded from this policy.
Stephen Kakfwi on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 1st, 1998
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