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Scot Davidson

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • York—Simcoe
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 69%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $119,263.34

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Context: House Hansard - 209 - Jun/8/23
Mr. Scot Davidson (York—Simcoe, CPC)
  • Jun/8/23 4:06:39 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, part of this is about preparing our country for the future. I spoke about this in 2020. I wonder if the member could comment on this. Our country lacks CL-215 water bombers. Public Safety has asked the military for help. We do not have a fleet of water bombers; we are short of them. Australia has the polar opposite forest fire season than we do. It would make sense to have shared resources with other countries, preparing Canada for the future. Could my colleague comment on the procuring of water bombers and preparing Canada for what is to come?
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Context: House Hansard - 209 - Jun/8/23
Mr. Scot Davidson (York—Simcoe, CPC)
  • Jun/8/23 11:04:12 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister alluded to his having prepared the country, that we know climate change is here. I would like to ask the minister this. I had a cabin burn down in northern Ontario. The firefighting force up there told me it was short water bombers. If we look to the CL-215, the government could have procured more water bombers. The president of Viking said yesterday that if a Canadian province ordered a water bomber, it could not even begin construction until 2030 now. All the orders are from Europe. Europe knew what was coming and it reacted. Our Canadian military now cannot get helmets. We have the new airbus A-330s. They are going to have to go out and procure fuel tankers. The government has not prepared the country, so I would like the minister to comment on the water bomber situation.
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