HHT Part 2- Oct 24th, 2019

Federal Government of Canada

House of Commons

-The election was held on October 21st

-Comprised of 338 seats/members

-Each of whom represents a single electoral district (also called a riding) 

-A government would need 170 seats to form a majority government

-No Liberal seats in Saskatchewan and Alberta

- Liberal: 157 seats         Pop: 33.061%
-Conservative: 121 seats         Pop: 34.1%
-Bloc Quebecois~: 32 seats
-NDP~Jagmeet Singh~: 24 seats
-Green~Elizabeth May~: 3 seats
-Other~Jody Wilson-Raybolt~: 1 seat
-Peoples~Maxime Bernier~: 0 seats

-Brandon-Souris Constituency
Larry Maguire~CON~25 509
Ashley Duguay~NDP~ 5 667
Terry Hayward~LIB~ 4908 

Canada Student Vote

-More than *1.1 million* elementary school students from *8000 schools* participated in the *Student Vote Canada 2019*

-Votes were cast in all 338 ridings
    -Liberal~22.3%\
     Trudeau: 110 seats (minority gov.)
NDP: Official Opposition (24.8%, 99 seats)
    -Conservative~25.1% (94 seats)
Green:(18.2%, 28 seats)
    -Bloc Quebecois~1.3% (9 seats)
Peoples Party: NO INFO

HHT Oct. 24th, 2019

Thanksgiving Manitoba Storm

- Over 37,000 people lost power
- Oct. 13th- 2,500 people still without power.
- Flood warnings/ High Water
-3,540 hydro poles snapped due to heavy, wet snow and strong winds
- About 1,000 hydro workers are working to repair some poles in chest-high mud
- Majority of power outages in the Ashern area
- Generators sent to Dauphin reservation
- 60-70cm snow dropped 
- 5,700 people evacuated to hotels
- #1 and #2 highway closed from Headingley to Saskatchewan border
- MB construction sites stopped and switched to winter cleanup
- State of emergency called 
- Other provinces sent workers to help
-Water usage for emergency only (in the hard-hit area) 
-Storm chaser comments worse power impacted storm ever
-100 transmission structures crumbled
-Biggest power outage in MB history
-Red cross involved
-Catastrophe estimated costs to repair the damage: $110 Million 
-Carberry had 74cm, which is the top amount recorded
-Plane went off the runway in WPG
-Fridges/Freezers without power in one Walmart, all produce and refrigerated items thrown out