Quebec Premier François Legault has asked people in southern Quebec for patience while many are still without power.
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“Be patient […] What we expect is that by midnight tomorrow night there will only be 300 to 350,000 customers left to be reconnected,” he said during a news conference.
As of early Thursday afternoon, more than a million homes were still without power, mostly in the greater Montreal area.
Mr. Legault noted that Hydro-Québec’s teams are on the ground and could count on help from staff from other regions that were little or not affected by the ice storm.
“We start with the places that are most urgent, like hospitals, CHSLDs or RPAs. The workers also focus on the places where there are the most subscribers on the same installations.
In addition, the prime minister said he had asked Sûreté du Québec police officers not to sanction poorly parked motorists because of Hydro-Québec’s work.
He also said that he trusts the municipalities to provide the most appropriate services to their populations in the current situation.
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