Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the plan is available to the EMO staff, but when you are at the community level and you are in the middle of a storm or whatever, how would the community itself, the residents, for example, in my community or anyone else's community, know where they are supposed to go during a power outage, a storm, freezing temperatures? Would they have places identified, like go to a school where they would have a generator, for example? Would you go to the EMO office? How does the department get that type of information out to the general public? It is nice that the EMO staff has that information, but how does the general public know? Once you get into a storm situation, I remember in the last case just around Christmas time when we had a blizzard in Iqaluit. If the power had gone off and you have 100 kilometres per hour winds and visibility is nil, what do you do? Where do you go? The question was asked to me when I was home. Where do we go? How do the people know where to go? How do they get transported there? Do they have blankets, food, heat, medical supplies, and so on? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Edward Picco on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 6th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 6th, 1998
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
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