Wildfires: Inside Canada’s struggles to recruit firefighters
Canada has lost 30,000 firefighters since 2016. The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs asks for efforts to boost recruitment amid the country's worst wildfire season on record.
Canada has lost 30,000 firefighters since 2016. We talk to the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs about their call for more efforts to boost recruitment amid the country's worst wildfire season on record.
And as home and hybrid working extend well beyond the pandemic, we look into the footprint they are leaving in the design of the office space.
Will Bain discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Delhi-based business journalist Sushma Ramachandran and technology journalist Takara Small in Toronto.
(Picture: Firefighter in Nova Scotia, Canada. Picture credit: Reuters)
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