Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is pushing back against two U.S. Congressmen after they wrote a letter requesting Canada improve its forest fire management to prevent smoke from reaching the United States.
“I’ve shaken the hands of American firefighters in northern Manitoba who are helping us out, and I would challenge these ambulance chasers in the U.S. Congress to go and do the same,” Kinew said during a July 10 press conference.
Kinew accused the lawmakers of trying to “trivialize and make hay” out of Canada’s wildfire season, which has already claimed several lives.
“If you can’t get likes on Instagram from your own skills as a politician, don’t bother trying to throw other people under the bus during a state of emergency,” he said….