As wildfires continue to devour buildings and force thousands from their homes in Saskatchewan, the Opposition NDP is calling on Premier Scott Moe to ask for help from the military.

NDP Leader Carla Beck, in a letter to Moe Thursday, questioned what the premier was waiting for.

“Every available resource in our country must be deployed to fight these fires. We cannot afford to leave help on the table,” Beck wrote.

“I still remember the wildfires of 2015 and then-premier Brad Wall’s decision to bring in the military and call for a co-ordinated national response.”

Moe has not ruled out asking for federal aid but has said Saskatchewan does not need Ottawa’s assistance.

Provincial fire officials say the abilities of federal firefighters are limited and usually only brought in to battle bla

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