Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today will begin for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. So the after-action review emphasized the need to put standards for training and emergency preparedness into legislation and to establish detailed regulations, whereas currently we don't have it, regulations. To quote the review, regulations bring it to a concrete actionable level adding the clarity needed for partners to do their job. Provinces and territories with regulations have better compliance and enforcement of their Act and demonstrated more effective emergency management plans. Now, the government in its response said it would consider maybe drafting new regulations, but that would up to the new working group.

Can the Minister explain why can't the government commit at least to developing new regulations with defined standards while consulting with partners on the details? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.