Mr. Speaker, four years ago, Parks Canada put out a tweet that said it would be installing a sprinkler system to protect the Jasper townsite. Even the minister's own officials seem to know that water is better at stopping fires than his carbon tax, and yet there is no indication these sprinklers were ever installed, despite a tender notice being posted in 2021, three years before the devastating fire. Can the minister confirm how many permanent and mobile sprinklers were operational and deployed in Jasper to save homes and businesses? Give us just the number please, even if it rhymes with zero.
In the House of Commons on October 8th, 2024. See this statement in context.