Thank you, Madam Chair. Two questions there. With respect to the first, I'm fairly confident that the need to do fire suppression is exactly the example of why we have supplementary appropriations. I am not going to be in a position to necessarily predict that; however, what I can say is that, with respect to the forest growth submission, or the submissions as part of the mains, rather, is meant to address the fact that we were providing for our air tanker fleet out of that fire suppression fund, and now we are going to be directing funds to air tankers in part of the main estimates, so that the fund that is directed to actually fighting the fires will go to fighting the fires. That is hoped to be a better way of utilizing those dollars, so that they can be used in response to fires and not in response to tanker maintenance.
Caroline Wawzonek on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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