Minister says nothing went wrong with Ottawa's response to Ontario wildfires

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As hundreds of wildfires burning across Ontario force communities to evacuate and prompt urgent calls for government support, Eleanor Olszewski, the federal minister of emergency management, is defending Ottawa's response.

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