Mr. Speaker, I am very encouraged by the Minister's remarks. Given the nature of the dangerous work these firefighters perform and the somewhat transient nature of our population, I believe that anything our government can do to encourage men and women to join our fire departments and to remain in their service would go a long way to retain firefighters.

Would the Minister also indicate whether he would be willing to institute separate and distinguished licence plates for our firefighters, as is done in other jurisdictions? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.