Minnesota's 4 GOP representatives write to Canadian ambassador over wildfire smoke

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The Republican representatives joined 2 Wisconsin Republicans to send the letter Monday

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad, who represents Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, co-led a letter to Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., writing to “know how your government plans on mitigating wildfire and the smoke that makes its way south.”

The letter, dated Monday, July 7, asks Ambassador Kirtsen Hillman to relay the representatives’ concern over Canadian wildfires and their smoke to the Canadian Forest Service and Natural Resources Canada.

“Our constituents have been limited in their ability to go outside and safely breathe due to the dangerous air quality the wildfire smoke has created,” the letter says. “In our neck of the woods, summer months are the best time of the year to spend time outdoors recreating, enjoying time with family, and creating new memories, but this wildfire smoke makes it difficult to do all those things.”

Other signers include Minnesota Reps. Tom Emmer, Michelle Fischbach and Pete Stauber and Wisconsin Reps. Glenn Grothman and Tom Tiffany, the other co-lead.