Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for sharing the experiences of her constituents in this very important debate.
This past fall, I had the opportunity to sit on the environment committee, where we explored the devastation following the fire in Jasper National Park this past summer. One thing I was quite struck by was the numerous testimonies we heard from indigenous groups who talked about the history of areas such as Jasper National Park, which do not look like the Jasper National Park I grew up with.
In fact, the wide swaths of lodgepole pine we see in Jasper National Park are not natural, according to indigenous oral histories. It was much more grasslands before Parks Canada moved in and brought in fire suppression. The witnesses told us that, if we had explored more indigenous ways of managing fires, we could more effectively mitigate a lot of these fires we are seeing in the country.
I wonder if the member had any comments on that and any thoughts she wanted to share with the House.