Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm glad to see that my Conservative colleague came to this meeting during a constituency week. The last time a meeting was held during a constituency week, the Premier of Alberta was testifying here, and we all noted that the Conservative colleagues from Alberta didn't even bother to show up to ask questions of their own premier. That meeting was so important that it was called during a constituency week, yet they didn't bother to show up. I guess this is progress. I'm glad that they're here and have joined us for this key issue.
When the Premier of Alberta was here, we were asking some very tough questions because we were dealing with the forest fires in Alberta the previous year that were caused by climate change. Right now, we're seeing communities—whether it's Fort McMurray, Fort Nelson or others—that are facing..., that are having to be evacuated—