Thank you, Chair.
I want to use my two and a half minutes to quickly move a motion. It reads:
That the forest/wildland firefighters should be included under the firefighter category in the national occupational classification and that this be reported to the House.
I'm not sure whether proper notice was given of this motion by Mr. Julian, but I believe all committee members received a letter from the president of the National Union of Public and General Employees, outlining the expectation that we support this motion.
Given the growing devastation of wildfires in Canada, and the fact that the exclusion from the NOC of wildfire fighters has pretty negative consequences for those people, I'm hoping that, even though proper notice may not have been given, enough committee members around this table understand what we're trying to do as a committee, and that we can find our way to supporting this motion, and reporting it back to the House.
Thank you, Chair.