“We’ve asked for a temporary benefit that would provide wage replacement to support those unable to work right now,” he added.
Houston said it has been made clear to the federal government how dire the situation is, and encouraged Ottawa to be proactive in offering up support.“If you have more resources that we may not be aware of or that you can think of could help in anyway, we just ask please send them to Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia needs the help right now. We will gladly accept it and deploy it.
“We have between 16 and 18,000 people displaced in my province right now. Hundreds of people are watching their homes burn and are very worried about the well-being of their families and are at risk of losing absolutely everything,” he said.“I just want people to know that we are willing to pull out all the stops to make sure that people are safe and have the support they need.
“We’ve actually asked the public service to give technical updates to all party leaders so that they can know exactly what’s going on, what our response is, and contribute more ideas and things that we can do on top of it,” Trudeau said.