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Hundreds of Gatineau residents attended a flood information session on Wednesday night, when provincial officials faced some light heckling from the standing-room-only crowd.
Standing on the stage of a high-school auditorium, Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin said officials expect water to steadily lower over the next seven days.
“Even the rain coming this weekend shouldn’t make a large difference,” Pedneaud-Jobin told those gathered at Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau school. But he also warned the situation could change at any moment.
The mayor didn’t say when people could return to their homes.
When someone in the audience complained about the pace of the city’s response, the mayor said in French he was “not going to have a debate at this time.”
One man yelled, “Mr. Mayor, are you going to address the English community soon?” The question was met with a mix of cheers and jeers from the crowd. “We do our best,” the mayor said.
Then an official from Quebec’s public safety ministry explained how to file damage claims.
With a slide show, financial aid director Denis Landry explained that the province would compensate evacuees who faced flooding damage that fell outside their insurance.
Landry laid out the maximum amounts for repairing or replacing various objects: $800 for a table and four chairs, $25 for a kettle and $450 for a television.
The province is giving $20 a day for those out of their homes for four days or more, which, by a show of hands, was the vast majority in the auditorium.
Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin spoke briefly to the room jammed with people affected by the floods.
A member of the audience asked if that includes days when people stay in their homes after firefighters give them the option to leave.
“If you stayed, you stayed. This is for people who were evacuated,” Landry said.
Patrick Tremblay looked relieved to have some of his objects back, but didn’t know how much he’d be liable for damage to his rented basement apartment.
“All you hear about is homeowners,” he said. “I lost a lot, too.”
Firefighters came to his Oxford Street basement apartment with a boat at 3:40 a.m. Saturday morning. The street had been clear when he went to bed.
He’s now living with his girlfriend, and admits it’s a strain on their relationship.
“The hardest part is not knowing when we’ll return.”
During the presentation, Landry told an inquiring landlord that those owning five or six units qualified for one scheme, but, because she owned 16 properties, she’d likely have a less generous reimbursement. The woman threw her hands up in frustration before sitting back down by the stage.
At the back of the room, Marika Lajoie sat with her six-month-old girl, Delphine. With her boyfriend Mathieu Coutu, the three are staying at her grandparents. “We’re really thankful to the volunteers; the support has kept us going,” she said.
Lajoie said she hadn’t had time to think about how much she’s lost, as Delphine tossed her toy to the ground. “I’ve got enough to keep busy.”
A briefing on the Quebec government’s plan for financial assistance took place at Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau on Wednesday May 10, 2017.
Before the meeting, Lynne Lamarche told the Citizen she had remained at her home during the flooding, but didn’t know if she’d be compensated for extra electricity and transportation costs.
On Saturday, water jumped up to her Ruisseau Road home in Masson-Angers, about a kilometre from the shoreline ferry to Cumberland.
Though she’s not religious, Lamarche recalls saying a small prayer as the water rose.
Within hours, a group of Mormons from Belleville came with pumps, sandbags and know-how.
“They were English speaking Christian people from Ontario. I’m like, ‘Who are these people?’ ”
After four days of them laying dykes, she hasn’t had to evacuate.
“I give them sandwiches and showers but that’s hardly anything,” she said.
Though she doesn’t know when Gatineau will return to normal, she’s sure of one thing:
“You can’t tell me God doesn’t exist.”
Marika Lajoie holds her six-month-old daughter Delphine at the meeting Wednesday night.
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Standing on the stage of a high-school auditorium, Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin said officials expect water to steadily lower over the next seven days.
“Even the rain coming this weekend shouldn’t make a large difference,” Pedneaud-Jobin told those gathered at Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau school. But he also warned the situation could change at any moment.
The mayor didn’t say when people could return to their homes.
When someone in the audience complained about the pace of the city’s response, the mayor said in French he was “not going to have a debate at this time.”
One man yelled, “Mr. Mayor, are you going to address the English community soon?” The question was met with a mix of cheers and jeers from the crowd. “We do our best,” the mayor said.
Then an official from Quebec’s public safety ministry explained how to file damage claims.
With a slide show, financial aid director Denis Landry explained that the province would compensate evacuees who faced flooding damage that fell outside their insurance.
Landry laid out the maximum amounts for repairing or replacing various objects: $800 for a table and four chairs, $25 for a kettle and $450 for a television.
The province is giving $20 a day for those out of their homes for four days or more, which, by a show of hands, was the vast majority in the auditorium.
Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin spoke briefly to the room jammed with people affected by the floods.
A member of the audience asked if that includes days when people stay in their homes after firefighters give them the option to leave.
“If you stayed, you stayed. This is for people who were evacuated,” Landry said.
Patrick Tremblay looked relieved to have some of his objects back, but didn’t know how much he’d be liable for damage to his rented basement apartment.
“All you hear about is homeowners,” he said. “I lost a lot, too.”
Firefighters came to his Oxford Street basement apartment with a boat at 3:40 a.m. Saturday morning. The street had been clear when he went to bed.
He’s now living with his girlfriend, and admits it’s a strain on their relationship.
“The hardest part is not knowing when we’ll return.”
During the presentation, Landry told an inquiring landlord that those owning five or six units qualified for one scheme, but, because she owned 16 properties, she’d likely have a less generous reimbursement. The woman threw her hands up in frustration before sitting back down by the stage.
At the back of the room, Marika Lajoie sat with her six-month-old girl, Delphine. With her boyfriend Mathieu Coutu, the three are staying at her grandparents. “We’re really thankful to the volunteers; the support has kept us going,” she said.
Lajoie said she hadn’t had time to think about how much she’s lost, as Delphine tossed her toy to the ground. “I’ve got enough to keep busy.”
A briefing on the Quebec government’s plan for financial assistance took place at Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau on Wednesday May 10, 2017.
Before the meeting, Lynne Lamarche told the Citizen she had remained at her home during the flooding, but didn’t know if she’d be compensated for extra electricity and transportation costs.
On Saturday, water jumped up to her Ruisseau Road home in Masson-Angers, about a kilometre from the shoreline ferry to Cumberland.
Though she’s not religious, Lamarche recalls saying a small prayer as the water rose.
Within hours, a group of Mormons from Belleville came with pumps, sandbags and know-how.
“They were English speaking Christian people from Ontario. I’m like, ‘Who are these people?’ ”
After four days of them laying dykes, she hasn’t had to evacuate.
“I give them sandwiches and showers but that’s hardly anything,” she said.
Though she doesn’t know when Gatineau will return to normal, she’s sure of one thing:
“You can’t tell me God doesn’t exist.”
Marika Lajoie holds her six-month-old daughter Delphine at the meeting Wednesday night.
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