(Ottawa) Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau ira faire un tour dans les provinces de l’Atlantique « le plus rapidement possible » pour constater les dégâts causés par le passage de l’ouragan Fiona.
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« Je vais me rendre dans les provinces de l’Atlantique le plus rapidement possible, dans les jours à venir, dès qu’on peut s’assurer que ce soit fait de façon responsable, sans [nuire] to the efforts that our first responders are currently making, ”he said at a press conference in Ottawa on Monday.
Flanked by some of his ministers, including Anita Anand (National Defence) and Dominic LeBlanc (Intergovernmental Affairs), the Prime Minister reiterated that the federal government will “be there” to help, along with provincial and municipal authorities. .
Virtually, Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings gave a brief portrait of the situation in Port aux Basques, a small Newfoundland village of about 4,000 people, where a 73-year-old woman was swallowed up by the sea.
Reporting on scenes of desolation, she said 76 houses had been destroyed or heavily damaged in the village located in the southwest of the Atlantic province.
The army not required in the Magdalen Islands
The Minister of National Defense, Anita Anand, indicated that the reinforcement of the Canadian Armed Forces did not seem necessary in the Magdalen Islands. The Quebec government has not claimed any, she confirmed.
His colleague Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue and MP for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, nodded. “We had very well-organized crisis units in the Magdalen Islands. For the moment, we don’t need to have this need to have additional help, ”she said.
“I can tell you that the Madelinots are wholeheartedly with the people of the Atlantic provinces,” she also mentioned.
The army was deployed in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. There are about 100 soldiers hard at work in each of the provinces, and if necessary, we will dispatch others, insisted Minister Anand.