Thank you, Mr. Chair. As Members know, the department, one of its mandate items was an update of the Fire Prevention Act, and you may have noticed that we have delayed the work on that into the next Assembly. This topic is part of the reason for that. As we had started our first phase of review of that act, one of the biggest things we noted was issues around the whole plan review fire inspection function and how that relates to functions that are within the Department of Infrastructure, but also functions that operate at the city level within their development approval process. It became clear that we need to do some additional work in that area before we bring that legislation forward, because there is some problem-solving to do about how all of those things work together. I do anticipate that those conversations will continue this summer, as we work with stakeholders on what to do specifically around the Fire Protection Act, but I expect the broader plan review building approval process will become part of that conversation, and we will be bringing that information forward for changes in the act in the next Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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