A senior government official says a Canadian assessment team is on its way to Turkiye to determine how Canada can contribute to earthquake relief efforts.
Canadian Disaster Assessment Team is currently en route to Türkiye, assessing what tools Canada can best use to respond to the widespread devastation, and to help those in need.The earthquake, which razed thousands of buildings in Turkiye and Syria on Monday, is one of the deadliest quakes worldwide in more than a decade and the federal government is facing criticism that the window to help with rescue efforts is closing.
Search teams from more than two dozen countries have joined tens of thousands of local emergency personnel and Canadian humanitarian aid workers with charitable organizations were arriving Wednesday Defence Minister Anita Anand said late Tuesday that the federal government had not ruled out sending a Disaster Assistance Response Team, to help with the recovery effort, but that it was working to figure out what would be most useful.Earlier Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government would match funds donated to Canadian Red Cross relief efforts up to $10 million on top of an initial aid package of $10 million.
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