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• Public Safety Canada works in collaboration with other federal departments and provincial and territorial governments, academia, national associations and non-governmental organizations to strengthen national emergency preparedness
• These efforts, taken prior to an emergency, are aimed at making Canadian communities safe and resilient.
• The 2025 Cyclical Event season is underway with flood and wildland fires impacting communities across the country. Tragically, there have been two fatalities as a result of wildland fires. The Government Operations Centre (GOC) stood up its Cyclical Event Response Team on April 8, 2025 to provide 24/7 monitoring and reporting on flooding and wildland fires and coordinating requests for federal assistance.
• Search and Rescue (SAR) is part of the continuum of emergencies and fits into Canada’s whole-of-government and whole-of-society Emergency Management Framework and Strategy.
• The Government of Canada is responsible for responding to aeronautical and maritime SAR incidents, coordinating national SAR policy frameworks, supporting SAR initiatives, and establishing policies and programs.
• Flooding is Canada’s costliest natural disaster, and flood damages continue to increase as a result of climate change, demographic shifts, and further development in high-risk flood areas. Canadians, and in particular those in high-risk areas, are increasingly feeling the burden of disaster impacts and flood-related financial pressures, and Indigenous and vulnerable populations are disproportionately affected.
• Aligned with the Emergency Management Strategy for Canada and the United Nations Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and the National Adaptation Strategy, the Government of Canada is committed to advance the systems-based approach required for enhancing disaster resilience.
• The Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program (DFAA) provides financial assistance when response and recovery costs exceed what individual provinces and territories could reasonably be expected to bear on their own.
• The Government of Canada publicly announced the modernized DFAA program on January 29, 2025, with the program coming into effect on April 1, 2025.
• Malicious cyber activity directed at the digital systems that underpin essential services and critical infrastructure are a constant concern for businesses, individuals, and all levels of governments in Canada.
Public Services and Procurement Canada’s spending on professional services contracts.