Justin Trudeau travelled Tuesday to the north shore of P.E.I., where he pledged to find ways to build more resilient infrastructure after inspecting the extensive damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona.
Power was knocked out, scores of homes were flattened and the resulting cleanup is expected to take months if not years to complete. As well, the record-breaking storm is being blamed for two deaths.
When asked if it was time for Ottawa to invest more in burying overhead power lines, Trudeau said there are lessons to be learned from what happened in Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec. The second photo clearly shows the clear blue waters around the Island streaked by huge underwater plumes of sand and soil extending far offshore.
HMCS Margaret Brooke, one of the navy’s new Arctic patrol vessels, was also scheduled to arrive Tuesday in the remote community of Francois on the south coast of Newfoundland to check on residents. In Halifax, the region’s largest city, more than 24,000 customers were spending their fourth day without electricity. During the day, the snarl of chainsaws provides most of the background noise in the city, and at night the soundscape changes to the low drone of generators.
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