Firefighters keep us safe. We should be doing everything we can to keep them and their children safe.
One thing that a firefighter told me was that, if you were to throw his gear into an Olympic-sized pool, the toxicity level of that pool would mean that they would have to treat it as a contaminated site. The impact that is having on our groundwater, that this gear is so filled with forever chemicals....
The plastics industry has said that these forever chemicals are essential. I'm curious. We've heard such deep concerns from firefighters, communities, municipalities and everyday Canadians. Can you talk a little about your response to the industry when they say something like that?