Ontario Greens Leader Mike Schreiner has welcomed the Ford government’s decision to extend presumptive WSIB coverage to wildland firefighters, aligning their protections with those of municipal firefighters. However, he emphasizes that this is just the beginning, as the province faces a potential record-breaking forest fire season with alarming staffing shortages—one in five fire crews are currently unstaffed. The Greens are calling on the Minister of Natural Resources to develop a comprehensive forest fire action plan to better prepare communities.
