Madam Speaker, I asked the minister about his failed environmental policies in my original question in question period. Since then, Canadians have discovered more environmental failures by the Liberal government.
An email obtained from the environment minister's department revealed that, for some reason, a senior official at Parks Canada was considering the political perception of prescribed burns. Five months before the devastating wildfires in Jasper National Park, a Parks Canada official sent an email that reads, “at what point do we make the organizational decision to cancel planned prescribed burns in Western Canada?” It notes that, as more and more media articles raise public concern over drought conditions, “Public and political perception may become more important than actual prescription windows.”
Why was the environment minister's senior official considering political optics and media articles over proper forest management?