Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, with regard to improving communications and consultations with the communities, as part of our regular program, we endeavour to have our regional staff visit all of the communities in the spring to discuss some of the initiatives we are undertaking in the fire program.

During the season itself, we have a communications strategy where we identify all of the community leaders. We make it a point of communicating with them during an actual operation. We endeavour to fly community leaders out to look at fire situations. As part of our ongoing efforts, we also visit the communities in the winter to give us some feedback.

With regard to areas that have large fires, as a department, we do what we call a board review. We go back and meet with the community to review the results of the review we have undertaken. That is part of the consultation process the department uses. Thank you.