Leah Taylor Roy at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

On October 2nd, 2024. See this statement in context.

October 2nd, 2024 / 4:45 p.m.

Liberal

Leah Taylor Roy Liberal Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, ON

I have just one quick last question about the prescribed burns versus mechanical clearing, because I think that was the decision being discussed by the Minister of Environment.

I understand 1,700 hectares were cleared. Would everybody who was fighting or preparing, who lived in Jasper and the area, have been involved in making those decisions about whether to do more and whether it would be done through burns, given the heat, or through mechanical clearing? Who would have made those decisions?

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