Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, this meeting is about the events that led to the fire. With nearly $1 billion in damage, one-third of Jasper destroyed, 800 housing units gone—leaving 2,000 residents homeless out of a population of 5,000—and businesses reduced to ashes, upending lives and livelihoods, yes or no: Does the government accept responsibility for the failure to protect the people and the town of Jasper?