Thank you, Mr. Shepherd. I appreciate that.
It's good to hear the level of collaboration on the ground, because a lot of this has become very political, trying to score points.
It's interesting to hear Mr. Calkins talk about the fact that everybody knew this was coming. Clearly, we see the increased investment that was made by the federal government. The minister referred to $86 million versus, I think, a few million dollars that had been made previously by the previous government.
Why do you think that the provincial government decided to reduce spending on firefighting when it seems that everyone knew that this was coming?