MPs jump in to help constituents, Public Safety Minister Goodale visits damaged areas after tornadoes rip through Ottawa-Gatineau

The storm made for a memorable few days for local MPs and Hill staffers, including one who was forced to get married by candlelight and another who turned her home into a 'redeployment centre.'
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale makes his way to a small crowd of reporters gathered at a high school in Dunrobin, Ont., a community hit hard by the tornadoes that touched down in the Ottawa-Gatineau, Que., region on Friday. The high school has been temporarily converted to an emergency centre for Dunrobin residents.
DUNROBIN, ONT.—Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale joined Ottawa-Gatineau MPs this week, visiting residents in the region recovering in the aftermath of tornadoes that ripped through their neighbourhoods on Friday. After hunk...

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