“I was not able to get here until now, so I was following all of the updates and watching the images on TV and seeing the scale of this” Trudeau said.
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The fire, nicknamed “the beast”, has destroyed 2,400 homes and businesses, and forced over 90,000 residents of Fort McMurray and surrounding communities in Canada’s oil sands heartland to flee their homes. “We know, yes, this was a bad disaster to befall this community, and at the same time, there is hope, there is strength and capacity to rebuild a stronger future, to build greater opportunities, the way Canadians always do”.
Donations have been rolling in from across the country for Fort McMurray evacuees and the Red Cross has started getting that money into the hands of people who need it. Trudeau said there will be “significant federal money “invested in Fort McMurray for rebuilding, but did not yet have a figure”.
More than 80,000 residents had to evacuate Sheir homes on May 3 as the flames carved a destructive path through the city. “Our government will do everything it can to get you back home safely, just as soon as that’s possible”.
Melissa Blake, mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, accompanied Mr Trudeau, saying it was critical for him to tour the burned neighbourhoods.
The Society Nicole Geoffroy says a warehouse the city arranged for them at 3870 98th Street should answer those problems.
As family entertainers, many of us have performed multiple times in Fort McMurray, and have a longstanding and deep connection to this community. His government has put together a special cabinet committee to co-ordinate Fort McMurray aid and reconstruction efforts. “It’s very hard for me as an Albertan, ” said Hehr, who representing a Calgary riding. It is expected to burn in forested areas for many more weeks.
Notley did tell reporters that government officials have already been contacting residents who operate businesses like gas stations and grocery stores to begin the conversation about having them return home to begin preperations for the residents to return.
Canadian Red Cross chief executive Conrad Sauve has said that each adult will receive $600 and each child will get $300 in what he called the most important and fastest direct cash transfer in the organisation’s history. Trudeau used his visit to Alberta to announce there is a new total of $85 million that has been donated so far.
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Evacuees have been picking up $1,250 pre-loaded debit cards per adult and $500 per dependent at distribution centres around Alberta this week.
