Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen, attended a ceremony Wednesday night in Winnipeg organized by members of the Manitoba Filipino community to offer thanks to Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) which deployed to the Philippines shortly after Typhoon Haiyan struck that country in November of last year.
DART Commanding Officer Major Robert Meade along with Steinbach MLA, Kelvin Goertzen.
The ceremony honoured DART Commanding Officer Major Robert Meade (pictured) who helped lead the mission to the Philippines.
Goertzen offered thanks to Major Meade on behalf of Filipinos living in Steinbach and the southeast for the work DART members did in purifying water, providing food, clearing roads, and providing medical service to thousands of Filipinos in the immediate aftermath of the storm.
