These are all incremental investments because of the Harper years deficit reduction action plan absolutely gutting these environmental measures. That's all I have to say about that, and I appreciate your willingness to clarify the record.
Ms. Cardinal Christianson, I'm really glad you could be here with us virtually. I'm a huge fan of the guardians and of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative. I should declare that I'm friends with Valérie Courtois. We've been up north together.
I just went over to the Lands Need Guardians website, and I'm not trying to brag, but there's a picture of us together in front of that great big house that was erected on Parliament Hill a couple of years ago. It was a really moving event for me.
Our government has been really proud to collaborate with the indigenous guardians and the Indigenous Leadership Initiative. I know that our government has an indigenous fire stewardship program with Parks Canada. How can we continue to move this forward? How can we continue to maximize all of the cultural knowledge and wisdom that first nations and other indigenous peoples have in Canada to prevent these types of disasters, or to mitigate them, I should say?