Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just in light of the events that took place last year in the communities that were put at risk and not only that but having enough resources in terms of manpower, I think that the motion brought forth that we have before us is a motion that shows government supports our forestry division.

I honestly think that keeping the 215s, we need as many resources as possible along with the 802s, and I think they would be more efficient in terms of having initial attacks with the fires. Having more fleets would also be a safety mechanism, so we wouldn’t put some of our individuals on the front lines and we can fight them from the air rather than on the ground.

Speaking with some of my former colleagues in the forestry area, it was a very dry season and it’s all indicating that we will have another dry season next year, so we can actually look at having a more extreme fire season and it could possibly get worse. So the more resources we have, the better. Like was mentioned, we had seven communities that were at risk. Having those trained individuals would help lower that risk for communities that might be in danger.

But as my colleague Mr. Bouchard said, as well, we have jurisdictions that have extreme forest fire seasons, as well – BC, Alberta – and I know that the territory does export a lot of our firefighters south or to the Yukon or wherever there are extreme fire conditions.

So I support the motion and any resources that we can give to our guys on the front lines that would make sure that they go home at night and also protect our communities and our assets and peoples’ livelihoods. I fully support it and thank Mrs. Groenewegen for bringing this motion forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.