Canadian Red Cross: Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: The Canadian Forces was also helping with the deployment of a separate 12-member Canadian Red Cross field hospital, while the Immigration Department said it would give special consideration to Filipinos affected by the tragedy, according to CTV. "The DART team is now on the way to Iloilo, which is one of the affected areas that has so far been less served by some of the humanitarian efforts," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said at the Philippines embassy after signing a book of condolences and OTTAWA -- The Canadian military's Disaster Assistance Response Team, or DART, was bound for the Philippine city of Iloilo on Wednesday as the death toll from typhoon Haiyan continued to rise. The Canadian response came in the face of a rising death toll in the Philippines that rose to more than 2,300 lives lost across the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.