Jack Bergman

MARQUETTE, Mich. – Amid another round of hazardous air quality due to Canadian fires, state Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) has joined another coalition urging Canadian officials to take action on their wildfires. His previous letter in August 2025 was addressed to Canadian Sen. Michael MacDonald. This year, he joined Reps. John James, Lisa C. McClain, and John R. Moolenaar in writing to the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “We were told last year that this would be treated with urgency,” read the letter. “It was not.” The congresspeople are asking for improved forest management and briefly mention getting directly involved in “cross-border fuel reduction and firefighting capacity.” “We are done accepting apologies in place of action,” read the letter. They continue to ask for funded, measurable steps the government has taken since last summer to reduce fuel loads and wildfire risk in their provinces as well as accountability for provincial leaders who “treat this as someone else’s problem.”