Ex-MP tells ministers NWT wildfire approach is ’embarrassment’- Cabin Radio
September 3, 2025
“A community is going to burn. Whether it’s our community, Whatì or Jean Marie, some place is going to burn, but we don’t do anything until the fire is at our doorstep.”
Freed from the diplomatic shackles of being the Northwest Territories’ MP, Fort Providence resident Michael McLeod delivered an extraordinary critique of the territory’s firefighting to the faces of territorial ministers in video footage that circulated online on Tuesday.
Becoming increasingly animated as he addressed the room at Hay River’s evacuation centre, McLeod set out the view that not enough is done to address the NWT’s wildfires until it’s too late.
