Wildfires burning, and Canada still needs a national response agency

The argument still stands today: there are jurisdictional issues over emergency responses in Canada, but there needs to be better coordination between the federal, provincial and municipal governments and a better emergency preparedness plan. The federal government needs to establish one central emergency management agency for the entire country. As well, there should be one central agency for all volunteer organizations, as Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux suggested in last week in the House.
Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski speaks with reporters in the House foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2025, about the government’s response to the wildfires in Western Canada.

It's another summer of wildfires and air-quality alerts. As of June 5, both Saskatchewan and Manitoba were under states of emergency as more than 200 wildfires spread in Western Canada, and 30,000 people were evacuated from the two provinces. Some 15,000 people were evacuate...

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