Outage management: Balarama Holness accuses Hydro-Quebec of neglecting “West Island”

Blackouts caused by the blizzard affected many sectors, especially in Montreal, and Hydro-Québec is working hard to restore power to all its customers, but now English-speaking politician Balarama Holness has accused the state company of neglect. ‘West Island’.

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“I am embarrassed that Hydro-Québec still does not support West Island. It is important that they address this issue and provide an explanation,” he wrote in a tweet, along with a photo of a Hydro-Québec map that only shows the situation in west Montreal.

Quickly, people began reacting on Twitter, pointing out that other sectors were also affected by the outages and reminding the Crown corporation that outages that affect large numbers of customers are a priority.

In addition, it should be noted that areas with more vegetation are more affected by interruptions, which may explain why work seems to be progressing more slowly in the western part of the island than in other areas.

“No field has been forgotten. The west of the island is not forgotten,” said Hydro-Québec spokesperson Maxence Huard-Lefebvre.