Thank you for the question. Absolutely, we are ready for fire season here in Ontario. I’ve talked to this House on multiple occasions about our recruitment efforts for forest fire rangers here in Ontario, supporting those front-line workers, supporting all those that work the logistics to make sure that the system is ready, supporting those in the air, those on the ground, those at the outbases all throughout Ontario.

Mr. Speaker, this government has made it a priority to be ready for forest fire season in Ontario. In fact, we raised the budget from a paltry $69 million back in the Liberal days to $135 million today to make sure that we are keeping people safe all throughout Ontario. That is our mission, Mr. Speaker, and we are not stopping. We are going to make sure that every community in Ontario is safe and we are ready for forest fire prevention every single day.

The reality is that forest firefighting in Ontario is a proposition where we spend every dollar that is needed to get the job done, and that is our promise to communities all throughout Ontario: that not only will we have the resources, again, on the ground, in the air, wherever it needs to be, but we will spare no expense to make sure that communities stay safe here in Ontario.

Mr. Speaker, we are committed to the safety of communities, individuals and infrastructure in this province. We show it every single day with our actions. I call on the opposition to support us as we make sure that Ontarians remain safe.