Military assistance couldn’t have done anything to stop the Bald Range fire devastation. The speed with which it grew was unbelievable. Nothing was going to stop that. Now that it has had a couple of days, it’s more like other wildfires where the hot spots and active burn are all on the periphery, but in that first 12 hours it was like one giant inferno. The area has actually been incredibly lucky with the calm winds and weather cooling off, and the firefighters are thankfully back to fighting something that is still very large but also more normal as far as large wildfires go.
McGuinty says that while the province hasn’t formally asked for military help
Because provinces never formally ask for military help. They put in a request for assistance to the federal government, which decides what federal assistance (which can include military) will be provided, and what the terms are for ending the assistance.
They weren’t on standby when the aboriginal reservations were burning in northwestern Ontario. They had to self evacuate, no help from provincial or federal govt.
But now that white communities are at risk they’re notifying CF to be on standby. Still to this day, assimilation by conflagration.
I expect better of my government.
Trudeau sent the message that Canada doesn’t care about indigenous peoples, when: on the first Truth and Reconciliation day in BC (which is a statutory holiday in BC) he was in the province at his vacation home but didn’t bother to meet any indigenous leaders or join a parade.
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