Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here, and to the minister and to Parks Canada, and especially to Mr. Shepherd, for being on the ground and helping to fight this.
I'd like to direct my questions to you, because there have been a lot of accusations thrown around and a lot of negativity concerning what happened. I was wondering if you could talk a bit about the co-operation on the ground. How did you and the individuals actually there fighting these fires feel about what had happened and what you were able to do, and how did you feel about the level of preparedness when you came in?