Arnold Viersen at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On November 2nd, 2017. See this statement in context.

November 2nd, 2017 / 12:30 p.m.

Conservative

Arnold Viersen Conservative Peace River—Westlock, AB

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you to our guests again.

I'm going to circle back again to the FireSmart program. I know that many of my communities are certified FireSmart, particularly small towns in my area.

From your perspective, has it worked? I guess that is what I'm going after. It seems to have worked in certain areas.

We had the Slave Lake fire, which burned up a big chunk of the town, a big part of the reserve, and a big part of the MD. This then spurred all these communities to pursue FireSmart. We haven't really had a test in the area since.

From your perspective, it might have been used in other jurisdictions, particularly in B.C. Did it work there?

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