Canadian wildfire sends hazardous smoke spewing into US

FRANCE 24’s Yinka Oyetade speaks with Jonathan Boucher, Researcher at the Canadian Forest Service, about the measures needed to manage and prevent wildfires and render forests more resilient to the ravages of climate change. Ontario requested federal assistance to evacuate people from remote northern Canadian communities ravaged by wildfires on Thursday, as smoke brought poor air quality to Toronto and much of the Northeastern U.S.