Mr. Speaker, the hon. member and I have discussed this on a number of occasions in the past.
The reason the disaster funding assistance agreement has not been used in the situations in the province of British Columbia is very simple. The province of British Columbia has not asked the federal government to take part in that program.
If they ask to take part in that program, I told them very clearly we will quickly sit down and consult with them and work at that, as we have in the other situations.