Out-of-control wildfire burning in Squamish, people asked to avoid area

W hen I walked into the cabinet room in the Centre Block of Parliament for my first cabinet meeting in 2015, I remember feeling a mixed sense of excitement and trepidation. This moment was the culmination of several years of hard work for me as the member of Parliament for Durham, but it was also the result of several decades of dreaming for someone who wanted to serve the country in higher office. The moment also left me thinking about the gravity of the situation, as I hoped to contribute to the critical debates and decisions facing the country in a meaningful way. I was early for the...