'We want everyone to come home': Manitoba premier defends efforts to support wildfire evacuees

With numerous wildfires burning in Manitoba, at least 17,000 people have had to flee their homes and find shelter as far away as southern Ontario. The National’s Adrienne Arsenault asks Premier Wab Kinew about what the province is doing to help evacuees and those fighting the fires.

00:00 Freeing up hotel rooms for wildfire evacuees
00:54 Housing evacuees in Niagara Falls, Ontario
02:10 How the province is supporting wildfire evacuees
03:27 Ensuring there are enough firefighting resources
04:31 'In the meantime, we have each other'

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