Yes, certainly. Thank you, Deputy.
There are a number of activities that NRCan undertakes to support the response to wildfire seasons. One critical area is decision support. We work with the provinces and territories to provide fire behaviour predictive modelling and data to help with the on-the-ground response. There's a lot of work we're doing in that area. It's certainly a key area of focus, and planning for that is well under way. We do that in collaboration with other departments, such as Public Safety and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
There are also a number of recent investments the government has made for wildfires. It's around a billion dollars total in recent years for things like equipment and training and FireSmart efforts for communities, as the deputy mentioned. We're working on research and modernizing information systems.
There's also a mission we're working on with Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Canadian Space Agency that is called “WildFireSat”. That's aiming to help with monitoring efforts in the longer term. We're also developing a centre of expertise on wildland fire, which will be launched in the near future as well. There are lots of activities going on in that area.