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MP Gord Johns held a news conference on Parliament Hill Wednesday alongside Paul Boissonneault, a board member from the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs, to call for an increase to the volunteer firefighter and search and rescue tax credit from $3,000 to $10,000.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says volunteers made up 70 per cent of firefighters in the country last year. But the number of volunteers has been decreasing in recent years, adding to the personnel shortage facing firefighting services. Boissonneault, who is the fire chief in Oakville, Ont., says fire services across the country are facing a shortage of about 15,000 volunteers.
“I dare say that we are in a crisis, because trying to maintain well-trained, well-prepared and ready-to-respond firefighters and search-and-rescue personnel is probably at an all time biggest challenge right now,” Boissonneault said.
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