Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, I did have conversations with the Prime Minister. There are things he's looking to do. He's looking to, of course, fast track the employment insurance so please get that word out there. Looking at not making the normal provisions for EI. That will help a lot.
As for the commitment for extra money, he did talk about being able to advance the disaster assistance program, but he also mentioned that there's -- I mean, that he'll look at it. There was no firm commitment because he also talked about ensuring the fairness for all jurisdictions. I kind of tried to debate that a little bit but, again, I understand his position. If he opens it up, then he has every jurisdiction that's facing fires asking for the same amount. And I believe all MLAs have gotten a copy of the things that are covered currently within the disaster assistance program and things that aren't. So no firm commitments. A willingness to look at it but a statement from the Prime Minister that if he opens this for one, he's got to look at it for all.
He did also commit, and I think that's public knowledge, that the federal government will be working with jurisdictions to review the disaster assistance program, which hasn't been reviewed in a long time. But, again, I'm not seeing that that'll happen in the short term. Thank you, Madam Chair.