Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here. I wanted to start with one question for Ms. Sweet.
You mentioned—as I think did my colleague, Ms. McPherson—the low pay for wildland firefighters in Alberta. Why do you think Alberta, which has such a high risk for forest fires, has the lowest-paid firefighters, with fewer benefits and less training?
I find it perplexing, and I'm just wondering if you have any theories as to why they are underpaid. It seems to me that they are a little bit undervalued, without having any coverage for cancer either.