I live in a smaller Canadian city with lots of Finnish immigrants in its history, so their descendents still impact local culture. From them a chorus of the Finnish equivalent of "Are you nuts?! Nobody in Finland rakes their forests!" Sure, that country does have extensive experience and expertise in forest management, meaning they are smart enough to know this is not feasible. Only an idiot confined to a White House lawn with hundreds of servants would propose that.
Forest fires certainly are receiving much more attention in Canada today that in the past. I believe it IS worse now and the attention is warranted. It is interesting to note that the majority of such fires in this country are in remote areas and NOT caused by human activity. They are ignited by natural events like lightning, but their rapid growth and spread are aided by drier conditions and hotter temperatures than were present historically. And by "history" I'm talking only about less than 100 years. So the PACE of such weather changes is increased. From what I can see of news elsewhere in the world this is NOT a Canadian phenomenon - it happens everywhere, presumably for the same reason - GLOBAL climate change.
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