First of all, I wouldn't agree with that assessment. Across the country and in British Columbia and Alberta, in the forecast of extreme heat we were seeing, there were parts of the country we knew were prone to wildfires.
I believe I first learned of the wildfire just a few days before the evacuation took place. When we are informed of such an event, one thing we always make sure of through the Government Operations Centre is that all the resources are in place and that they have all that is needed. We were told at that time that additional resources were being moved in and things were being held at that time, until those gusts of wind I was talking about happened, which made the situation worse and had apparently never happened in Jasper before.