Public safety minister says federal disaster aid coming for Cape Breton
HALIFAX — Canada’s public safety minister promised to provide financial help to flood-ravaged parts of Cape Breton as quickly as possible Friday, following a tour of communities hit by a storm fuelled by the remnants of Hurricane Matthew.
Ralph Goodale shared his impressions of the damage and the stress it caused for the people he met during a visit to the Sydney area while accompanied by provincial Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan and Cape Breton MPs Mark Eyking and Rodger Cuzner.
“It’s one thing to hear about it long distance,” Goodale told reporters. “It’s quite a different thing to actually visit it in person and meet the people who are affected and sense the real shock and trauma they are going through as they try to grapple with their own personal circumstances.”
He said all levels of government were determined to pull together to ensure the situation is responded to “properly and as quickly as possible.”