A representative of the Canadian Red Cross says delays in a program aimed at providing emergency financial relief to storm-hit Islanders were due to issues related to an open-source data checking system used to verify identification. | SaltWire | READ MORE
A Canadian Red Cross vehicle parked outside of the Confederation Court Mall. Hundreds of Islanders have lined up at the relief organization's office in the mall in recent days after being told they needed to verify their identity in order to receive a $250 cheque for storm-affected residents.CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I.
The program was first announced by P.E.I. Premier Dennis King on Sept. 30 as a form of financial aid available to all Islanders dealing with additional costs of food or fuel due to extended power outages in the wake of post-tropical storm Fiona.'I'm asking for your help': P.E.I. residents question delays, access barriers for Red Cross relief cheques
"The in-person , obviously as you've witnessed on the ground, has indeed been a bottleneck due to a couple of things," Lawlor told SaltWire in an interview Oct. 13.Bill Lawlor of the Canadian Red Cross acknowledged there have been delays in distributing provincially-funded $250 relief cheques to Island households. - Red Cross– a service used often by financial institutions to match against existing consumer data.
“Their data might be a little bit more stale, for lack of a better word, than someone who is more of a frequent user of credit," Lawlor said.Some residents, such as students or newcomers, may have been more difficult to verify because of a recent move. Others may have had a spelling error on their file.
Across Atlantic Canada, including in P.E.I., 79,000 households have registered with the Red Cross for assistance.
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