Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Garon.
Indeed, when we were doing research for the bill, we read the same reports about firefighting equipment and the possible link with chemicals contained in that equipment. That is part of the prevention aspect and the discussion that we need to have.
When all stakeholders come together to talk about cancer and other illnesses that firefighters suffer from, the issue of prevention is a prevailing one. How can we prevent cancer? Is it linked to the equipment? Is it linked to training and procedure?
Before you arrived, I spoke of the importance of decontaminating equipment after a fire, before the firefighters get into their vehicle. My father never did that in his day. He put his equipment in the trunk of the car and brought it home. Nowadays, we know that shouldn't happen.
We have to see what the causes of the problems are, what strategies we have to adopt and what the possible avenues for prevention are. That is part of the discussion we need to have.