Mr. Speaker, I am frustrated by the continued effort to distract and divert from the realities. The monetary spending by the government that the parliamentary secretary mentioned is important because the government should be nimble. It needs to react to, in this case, the pine beetle infestation and when the actual impact of the standing deadwood and the fuel load that was in front of Jasper was relevant. In 2011, it was not. In 2014, it was, and 2017 is why warnings began then.
The people of Jasper deserve answers. They deserve truth. They do not deserve excuses, diversion and people trying to say that we are being political whereas they are not. That is really frustrating. Any level of negligence in any other institution or job would be reason for firing.
This is on track with the current Liberal government. It blames everybody else for every single part. It did nothing. It did not do enough to prevent this fire. It should have done more, and I would love to hear why it did not.