Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Sherry, thank you very much for bringing this bill forward.
I wasn't sure I was going to say very much, but I want to piggyback on a bit of what Mr. Davies said.
I meet with the Regina firefighters quite often. It's more than most people do, because I have one at my supper table over the holidays. My brother-in-law is a firefighter in Regina, so we have a lot of conversations around safety and some of the concerns he has. I have some good conversations, as well, with the good union guys, including Tyler Peckam.
I'd be remiss if I didn't talk about what their biggest concern is—that is what Mr. Davies brought up—which is flame-retardant materials in furniture. They tell stories about coming back from fires. They wash off and see all the black wash off in the shower, and then they still have the itching and the scratching.
Firefighters have families at home. They take that home with them and their fear is that it's rubbing off their skin and onto their families' and their kids'. It's a very big concern.
I read the August 2021 report. Could you give a bit of an update on what the process would be to get some of these chemicals out of furniture to make them less harmful for our brave firefighters, who go out into harm's way?
Is it through Health Canada, because I think that might be a part of this? This may be an opportunity for Health Canada to weigh in and make sure that this is happening more quickly, because they know the harm this is causing our firefighters.