Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Initially when we declared the emergency evacuation, we made contact with the province, social services, and emergency services to let them know that we needed to get people out of the community. They sent in school buses for the priority one patients. These were the elderly and

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, okay.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and honourable committee members, for the opportunity to speak with you today regarding the impacts of the wildfires on our northern communities. The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, PBCN, is a large multi-community band located in Saskatchewan and has a popu