Certainly in my riding, I see the gaps for first responders that exist in the fire departments for municipalities, reserves, and at the provincial level. From the federal level, again, other information available to first responders is significant, but how can we ensure that the emotional support, counselling services, and debriefing sessions are made available to municipalities, local fire departments, the reserves, the wildfire management teams, and the health care staff? I'm really curious as to how we can make this occur.
On May 12th, 2016. See this statement in context.