Senate committee report calls for national wildfire agency as fires become more ‘catastrophic’

Canada is the only country in the G7 that does not have a national agency responsible for wildfire response.
The Senate’s Agriculture and Forestry Committee, chaired by Senator Mary Robinson, tabled its report on wildfires on June 10, outlining 15 recommendations for the federal government.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY ELEANOR WAND
June 10, 2026

Senators are calling on the federal government to create a national wildfire agency and firefighting fleet to tackle what a new Senate committee report is calling an “escalating" national crisis.

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