Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging the federal government to put more national resources toward fighting wildfires, as nearly every province battles them.

Premiers raised the issue with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month when he met with them in Huntsville, Ont., he said.

“We need resources, national resources across the country, because it happens frequently,” Ford said. “We send firefighters in, we send equipment in and help each other, but right now … everywhere seems to have issues, every single province.”

Provinces frequently share firefighting resources to get through wildfire season but right now there isn’t enough equipment or crews to go around, Ford said.

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt asked Ontario for help in fighting their wildfires, but Ontario could not spare any w

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