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Is the state that routinely sets records for destructive fires - in terms of dollars and people burned to death - the one that Canada should use an example? Should we take inspiration from the country that just accidentally burned down the Grand Canyon Lodge by treating a wildfire like a controlled burn?

As someone who lives in a fire zone in Canada, I can understand why this might feel like over-reach. I can also understand that when our emergency response services are stretched thin, you might make temporary civil rights restrictions to avoid a larger tragedy.

Can you enlighten me how Canada should better manage what is the largest, or second largest, forested area in any country’s territory, in areas that are so remote as to be measured in days and 100s of KMs of travel to access. There is nowhere in the lower 48 that compares to the majority of Canadian forest lands.

Have you been to Canada’s forests? There are areas that aren’t even accessible by air attack firefighters, let alone road. The fact that most of our fires are natural compared to the majority being human caused in the US is reason enough to treat fire mitigation entirely differently, and not to use the same strategies as the US.

If people (Americans especially! I’m making an assumption based on your rhetoric, and the similarity to American right wing talking points) could stop with trying to tell Canada nonsensical things about the forests, many of us would appreciate it.