OTTAWA — Canada needs to create an office to co-ordinate responses to wildfire emergencies, says a Senate report.
The recommendation is one of 15 in a report released today by the Senate committee on agriculture and forestry.
Senators on the committee told a news conference in Ottawa today that one of the key concerns they heard while assembling the report was the need for a single national point of contact to co-ordinate wildfire response.
About six months ago, the federal government launched a new national centre to allow for better co-ordination of disaster response.
The Senate committee report also calls on Ottawa to create a national reforestation policy to plant more trees after wildfires.
In its last budget, Ottawa scrapped planned spending on tree planting as a cost-cutting measure.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published June 10, 2026.
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press
