Finance committee  Thank you. I think the CAFC has been advocating for tax relief for volunteer fire service for the past decade. The proposal that we put forward during the pre-budget submissions was developed so as to positively impact Canadian volunteer firefighters while remaining realistic w

Finance committee  You want to know who would qualify for the tax credit. As part of our pre-budget submission to help the federal government understand the issue, the CFC conducted a survey of Canadian fire departments to determine how many volunteer firefighters would qualify under the proposal.

Finance committee  The proposal was brought forward initially by the Firefighters Association of Ontario. It is certainly something that the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs would support. It certainly would help, recalling what happened last year with two Listowel firefighters who tragically we

Finance committee  Unfortunately, I don't have statistics for the last number of years. Certainly with the presumptive legislation that number has increased over the last few years. Annually, here on the Hill, we honour 1,000 firefighters who have passed away in the past 100 years.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is John deHooge. I sit on the executive of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and have the pleasure of being the fire chief for your city, the city of Ottawa. The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs is a non-partis