Madam Speaker, I want to reiterate what he said about firefighters and the amazing work that they are doing and thank them for that work.
I would also like to take the opportunity, while I am standing, to thank the women and men of the Canadian Armed Forces, who are on the ground in every province that is experiencing these horrible fires right now.
He talked a bit about the work that the provinces are doing. I want to just make sure that the House knows that 60% of the missions that we have right now in defence are aid to civil authority. That has been the case for the last couple of years.
I would suggest that we are stepping up, that we are supporting where these climate emergencies are happening, whether it be fires, floods or hurricanes and hurricane Fiona.
Does the member believe that the provinces are pulling their weight and are doing their fair share to prepare for these inevitable climate events?