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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com TORONTO \u2014 The Ontario NDP and Indigenous leaders on Thursday afternoon repeated their call for a public inquiry into the province\u2019s handling of wildfires. A few hours earlier, Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris repeated his assurance that the government will review its work after the forest fire season ends. Premier Doug Ford\u2019s Progressive Conservative government \u201cneeds to be held responsible for their failure to prepare\u201d for this year\u2019s highly disruptive and destructive fire season, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa said in a news conference in Toronto with caucus colleagues and First Nation chiefs. Asked during a morning news conference in Queen\u2019s Park about calls for a public inquiry, Harris did not commit to one. \u201cWell, after every fire season we do quite a… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com TORONTO \u2014 The Ontario NDP and Indigenous leaders on Thursday afternoon repeated their call for a public inquiry into the province\u2019s handling of wildfires. A few hours earlier, Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris repeated his assurance that the government will review its work after the forest fire season ends. Premier Doug Ford\u2019s Progressive Conservative government \u201cneeds to be held responsible for their failure to prepare\u201d for this year\u2019s highly disruptive and destructive fire season, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa said in a news conference in Toronto with caucus colleagues and First Nation chiefs. Asked during a morning news conference in Queen\u2019s Park about calls for a public inquiry, Harris did not commit to one. \u201cWell, after every fire season we do quite a... <\/p>\n

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