Mr. Speaker, Oakville Deputy Fire Chief Monique Belair has been a trailblazer for women in the fire service for 35 years. She joined the Oakville fire service in 2017 and has made a lasting impact here in our community.
Camp Molly is an initiative Monique developed to encourage young women in Halton to choose the fire service as their career. As she has said, she wanted to show them the fire service is more than just putting wet on hot.
As she embarks on her new role as fire chief for the community of Belleville, I have mixed emotions. I am thrilled for her to take on her new role as chief, a role that sees too few women in Canada, but I am sad to lose her from our community.
I thank Monique for her friendship and all she has done for Oakville, and especially the young women who went through Camp Molly.