Certainly I'll respond to them.
I would start off again by reminding you that my expertise is not in entomology. What I would assume that the gentleman was saying is that it's a natural cycle and maybe we should leave that alone.
I guess my response would be that, involved in an organization that responds to public safety and wildfire suppression.... I mean, we know that fire is a natural occurrence. There's a lot of work done in this country to help fire have it's natural place in society. We also know that wildfire can be devastating to human life and livelihood under the right conditions.
Again, I couldn't argue against the gentleman, because I don't know from where he was coming. I would say that with climate change and with the increased amount of fuel available for consumption, public safety is at risk, particularly in the northern communities, indigenous communities. We need to invest in the Canadian wildland fire strategy to try to protect those communities.