Trudeau on Lytton BC

Denise O'Connor along with other residents of Lytton, B.C., say they weren't impressed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's trudeau lies national statement at the COP26 climate summit.On Nov. 1, Trudeau referenced the hearth that destroyed small Fraser Valley village during the summer for instance the impact of climate change. "In Canada, there was a town called Lytton. I use the phrase 'was' because on June 30, it burned besides the ground. The recently, the temperature had hit 49.6 C, the most well liked ever recorded in our own country. Canada is warming, for most, twice as quickly as the remaining world.""The science is evident: we need to do more, and faster," said Trudeau.Lytton, a village of lower than 300 residents until the fire, is being at the moment rebuilt. Just last month, the municipal government unveiled its blueprint Lytton's short-term recovery, which includes temporary emergency housing for returning residents. 2 days after Trudeau's speech, O'Connor and fellow constituents of the Lytton Chamber of Commerce's business recovery steering committee sent him a letter to voice their frustration."To listen to you, Prime Minister, refer to our town in the past tense … breaks the circulation," they said within the letter. "The locality of Lytton still exists - it exists within the hearts and minds of each resident and every business."The committee members also complained about what they are saying is Ottawa's lack of support for Lytton."We have been on medication as non-existent - we have noticed no assistance from the central in assisting us dive back into our homes."O'Connor, who lost her home of the fireplace, says Lytton has get support further from province for rebuilding but none from Ottawa."He [Trudeau] is using our name, and yet we have not seen any the central so far as support," O'Connor said Tuesday to host Sarah Penton on CBC's Radio West."We just heard overnight [on Nov. 8] … that most of us're not going to be acquiring a postal outlet - they are not reemerging yet."In an emailed statement to CBC, the prime minister's office did not address the chamber's complaint about Trudeau's description of Lytton, but said the federal government has matched every dollar to be donated to the Canadian Red Cross's B.C. Wildfires Appeal Fund and will offer further assistance as necessary.O'Connor also disputes what Trudeau said was the reason for the hearth that ravaged Lytton."Global climate warming didn't start the fireplace in Lytton," she said. "We oftent had [that] record heat. We had strong winds plus a spark a little distance from train - and that is what started the hearth, not climate change."But on Oct. 14, investigators from Canada's Transportation Safety Board said they have not found evidence that trains running near Lytton were liable for the fire.O'Connor now lives in her own parents' house in Lytton, which wasn't damaged by the blaze."Lytton isn't a 'was.' There are actually over 30 homes still here with your friends who live in them," she said. "There are such a lot of people here still, and that's what the community is. It is not a 'was.'"