I think a culture shift needs to happen in the province. Right now, a lot of the individuals who have been hired are part-time students and summer students, so the position of wildland firefighter has been treated as such. They hire at a university. They hire them for the summer, and then the students go back to university. The government treats it almost like a summer job for students, and it's not a summer job for students. It is a very serious profession that requires a lot of serious training. We need supports, and we need to ensure that's happening.
For us to respect the profession, we need to pay better, and we need to be doing year-round training. I've been calling for a year-round wildfire fighting force, no different from what B.C. has, because our ecosystems in B.C. and Alberta are very similar. We should be treating them in exactly the same way.