Kenora 51 has been threatening Wabaseemoong Independent Nations this week. Ontario Fire Rangers and crews from Alberta, Mexico and Australia are working hard to suppress the fire, according to the MNRF.
Ontario's NDP says the province's plan to provide wildland firefighters and support staff with one-time incentive payments isn't enough to attract and retain staff.Ontario's NDP says a provincial government plan to provide one-time incentive payments to wildland firefighting staff isn't enough. Ontario's NDP says the province's plan to provide wildland firefighters and support staff with one-time incentive payments isn't enough to attract and retain staff.
"Wildland firefighting staff work tirelessly under very difficult conditions to protect the health and safety of Ontarians, their property and our natural resources," Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, said in a statement. "This is a respected and challenging career in our natural resources sector."
However, NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin , the party's critic for natural resources and forestry, said the plan doesn't go far enough.
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