Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member makes some good points. This is something we’ll have to look at in the future. I did make a commitment to the Member that I’ll gather some information. I’ll work with my colleagues at ENR and ITI and see about coming up with a plan. This is something that we will have to give some serious consideration to in the future. A lot of the harvesting out there just concerns Commissioner’s land. There’s a lot of harvesting out there on private claimed land. There’s a lot of harvesting out there on federal land. I did commit to the Member that I will work with my...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the reasons that they’re asked to come in all the time is just to re-establish that they’re still the owners of the property. But I’ll commit to the Member that we’ll find ways to work with them, so we can simplify the process where they’re not going to have to be coming in all the time. If there’s something that we can work out, then we’ll try and accommodate them to make it a lot easier. Thank you.

I apologize for that, Mr. Chairman. I thought we were on a different page. The $200,000 is the money that is identified for communities that provide ground ambulance services. Thank you.

Yes, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We don’t have those numbers right now as to what it costs us to do those assessments, but we can attempt to gather that information and I will pass it on to the Member.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the regional offices will usually determine how many summer students that they might need and then they would just fund it themselves. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, training firefighters to fight fires is a huge priority. I think you will see as we go further into the document that there is $150,000 identified through the School Community Government to assist with training firefighters. We have an assistant fire marshal in the regions that will work with communities to ensure that they are trained to fight fires. Thank you.

Yes, Mr. Chair.

The community would just have to enact the proper bylaws and then they would have authority to set the writs.

Mr. Chair, I don’t think it’s a question of it being an onerous process. I think a good reason that the uptake is not as high as it should be is because probably the information is not out there that this is available. That’s why I’ll commit to the Members that I’ll get them some information and they can pass that on to their volunteer groups. Thank you.