Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the opportunity, and certainly we support what Chief Tracey has presented. I think part of connecting the dots involves finding the mechanics that you can leverage backstage. For example, in terms of the country's building codes, it's not just on reserves or in the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Ms. Jolibois, the nature of your question is really important. Chief Lazare and Chief Tracey, chiefs from aboriginal communities, from non-aboriginal communities, are all members of the CAFC if they choose to be. I really appreciate the nature of your question, because, with you

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I'd like to follow up on deputy fire chief Tracey's solution to the national fire information database, and what we learned from that. This database has over 10 years of data about fire incidences and injuries in our country. It was an effort to collect data from across the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If I could just add to that, Chief Tracey, in fact, the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs is on the record, this year in our pre-budget submission and in many of our policy documents, asking for consideration of a national fire adviser because of the number of issues that affec

Finance committee  Thank you, Chief Perron. Thank you for the question, Mr. McLeod. This is an ongoing case we've had with those you funded from the $30 million that came out from budget 2018. Something that I think all fields struggle with is the speed of translation when you try to get an eviden

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Chief McKearney. Chief McKearney has explained it really well. In other communities where there are significant government resources for permits and bylaws and, as Chief McKearney said, inspections, these problems don't exist. There is the compounding element of the s

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Chief McKearney. I think you've said it well, Mr. Shields. The message that we've gotten in reading the strategy is that the decision-making has to be in the local communities through the leadership of the governing structures there and providing the correct informati

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure. Thank you. Through the chair to Mr. Shields, the Finnish fire chiefs association has actually put together a study group. A number of their peer countries are together. While we haven't had direct communications with them, we were discussing with them how we would organiz

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question and thank you for the compliment as well. I hope I can live up to it. One thing we talk a lot about, especially in small communities, is building right from the start. As Chief McKearney said, it's the education piece. We have a wonderful program call

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Am I using the right channel for English?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Thank you for the question. If you don't mind, Mr. Chair, I will respond in English. My French isn't quite as good. We have the absolute privilege and pleasure to have the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council, previously known as the Aboriginal Firefighters Association

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Chief McKearney. I think you've covered it. Thank you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Chief McKearney, and through the chair, thank you for the question. As Chief McKearney said, we're not clear on the mechanisms for the funding when it comes to the indigenous communities. All of you understand that much better than we do. One of the things that was s

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Chief McKearney. Yes, through the chair, the other piece is the enforcement piece. I think you already mentioned it. There are just those two pieces, the funding and the enforcement.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Chief. I know we have brief time, so I'll just add to that the application of FireSmart principles right across the country in all communities. These are principles that help people prepare their homes in areas that are at risk. Thank you.