My understanding of the program is that the provincial or territorial premier or the minister responsible for emergency preparedness must make the application directly to either the Prime Minister or the federal minister of emergency preparedness. I don't believe individual first nations or any government other than provinces and territories would be eligible to apply, but it could be that first nation governments are receiving transfers from the provinces, which are then added to the provinces' bills and then the provinces would add that to the expenses sent to the federal government. I couldn't specify if there's any particular case where it has happened, but if it could happen, that's the system that I imagine it would take.
