Mr. Speaker, I want to clear up an inaccuracy. I did not work for the NDP government. I was a public servant in Alberta. I worked for Premier Notley and Premier Kenney for an equal number of budgets, as I like to put it. I was there for two budgets for each of them.
As for what the government can do to make us more fire smart and make sure that people do not need to evacuate their homes, that gets down to good fire management. That means keeping yards clean in fire risk areas. That means making sure there are appropriate firebreaks. That will make sure that people know exactly what they need to do and the risks they might be introducing into their lives if they do not follow some of that.
There is much that can be done. There are much better experts to talk about the finer points than me on that. What is most important is that we, as a Parliament, work together on this to give a consistent message about safety and how we can increase safety from coast to coast to coast.