After wildfires, N.W.T. premier is done ‘begging’ for infrastructure help

Fighting the wildfires in the Northwest Territories has been complicated by gaps in travel and communication infrastructure — problems that Premier Caroline Cochrane says the federal government should have fixed years ago. She tells guest host Susan Bonner why she’s angry about “pleading and begging to have the same infrastructure that people in the south take for granted”; and federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness Harjit Sajjan responds.