Jasper Wildfire Response Questioned

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Jasper wildfire

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David Staples: Trudeau's wildfire strategy: Permit old, dry, decaying forests and blame climate change

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Ken Hodges , a B.C. forester, testified at a Parliamentary committee on the Jasper wildfire.

Hodges said he warned the Trudeau Liberals and Parks Canada in 2017 that an atomic bomb-like wildfire was ready to ignite in Jasper National Park .

The pine beetle infestation had finally hit Jasper in full, adding to the existing problem of an old, dry and dying forest, which hadn’t had a major forest fire in more than 100 years .

30 per cent of Jasper ’s structures were damaged or destroyed by the July wildfire.

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