RCMP, Justice Department admit 'lack of data' on arson-linked wildfires
The Trudeau government had NO details on arson-related wildfires between 2016 and 2024.
The federal government has admitted it does not track data on arson-related wildfires.
In response to an order paper question posed by Conservative MP Marc Dalton, the Justice Department and the RCMP revealed their record-keeping systems are unable to distinguish between arson-caused wildfires and structure fires.
Dalton’s inquiry sought details on arson-related wildfires between 2016 and 2024, including the number of charges laid, sentences given, and the scope of damages. However, the federal departments said no such data exists in their systems.
"In my province, we had 650 fires and 500 of them were human caused": Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pushes back against recent climate-related hysteria over wildfires.https://t.co/jvF8CGs3rE pic.twitter.com/zYFTkLaDiH
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Wildfires have increasingly been cited as evidence of a climate crisis by the Federal Liberals.
In Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith has launched investigations into the potential role of arson in the province’s wildfires, while in British Columbia, RCMP data identified 29 wildfires in the Okanagan as caused by arson over four years. Similarly, in Quebec, arsonists have been charged with setting large fires that have gained international attention.
Admitting human responsibility, especially criminal intent, would force them to shift focus from their green agenda to addressing real criminal issues. And that doesn’t fit with their climate crusade, does it?
Sheila Gunn Reid
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Sheila Gunn Reid is the Alberta Bureau Chief for Rebel News and host of the weekly The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid. She's a mother of three, conservative activist, and the author of best-selling books including Stop Notley.
COMMENTS
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Lynne Osborne commented 2024-12-24 11:42:48 -0500Billions of dollars worth of damage from wildfires and the RCMP hasn’t bothered to look into it. Sounds like illegal immigration, stolen autos flooding export terminals, guns flooding into Canada from the USA, drugs crisscrossing the border, MP contracting services out to the own companies, churches vandalized and burned down, the list goes on. What are the RCMP supposed to be doing again?
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Bruce Atchison commented 2024-12-23 19:18:12 -0500Narrative is what this insane push to tax us for emitting carbon dioxide is all about. If they admit that the wildfires were mainly human caused, it erases their illogical rationale for putting a price on “carbon.” It’s time we all tell them to stuff their tax.