Comments from Premier Andrew Furey hinting that the province is looking at sharing firefighting resources with Quebec aren’t sitting well with the Labrador West MHA.
Last week, on the heels of the announcement of an Atlantic Wildfire Centre in Gander, Furey indicated that “high level discussions” are underway with how resources are shared with “an adjacent province in Labrador West.”
Jordan Brown, who has been advocating for a waterbomber base to be reinstated in Labrador West, questions how government can celebrate being a leader in fire preparedness, while “continuing to refuse to restore resources in Labrador West, instead relying on Quebec.”
Brown says a deal with Quebec “flies in the face” of what the province is trying to accomplish.
He says building an Atlantic centre that will help other provinces, while at the same time downloading some of our responsibility onto another province doesn’t make sense.