Steven Guilbeault, minister of Environment and Climate Change, speaks in Hinton, Alta., Thursday, while Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault, left, and Alberta Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen listen.
The Municipality of Jasper and Parks Canada, the bodies leading the unified command for the fire, approved the plan Thursday. The buses will be organized by the government of Alberta. Jasper residents will soon get a chance to see their properties that were destroyed in last week's wildfire.
"It is jarring but it is also part of the healing journey that we will all have to go through," Ireland said at a joint federal, provincial and municipal news conference in Hinton Thursday.Jason Nixon, Alberta's minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services, said that residents need to get that access as soon as possible.
The media has been taken on supervised tours of the Jasper townsite. On Thursday, transport trucks were allowed on Highway 16 through the park in limited time blocks. But residents have not been able to return to see what's left of their homes and have relied on videos and photographs. The facility operated by the Evergreen Foundation was destroyed by fire. Of the 32 residents, 17 are with family. The remaining 15 are in hotels in Valemount, B.C. Nixon said the province plans to move that last group into hotels in Hinton on Friday.
Ireland acknowledged their concerns but said it still isn't safe for people to retrieve their property. He said the incident command centre is working on a plan.
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