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o Public Safety Canada works in collaboration with other federal departments and provincial and territorial (PT) governments, academia, national associations and non-governmental organizations to strengthen national emergency preparedness.
o These efforts, taken prior to an emergency, are aimed at making Canadian communities safe and resilient.
o While the flood season has ended and the wildland fire season is winding down, the 2025 cyclical event season continues with the hurricane season. The flood and wildland fires impacted communities across the country and, tragically, there have been two fatalities as a result of wildland fires.
o Alert Ready, the National Public Alerting System (NPAS), provides emergency management organizations across the country with the capability to rapidly warn the public of imminent or unfolding hazards to life.
o The final report of the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission included recommendations related to public alerting.
o Canada’s public safety community faces significant interoperability challenges and relies on outdated communications technologies that do not meet the requirements of today and tomorrow’s emergency response.
o A nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (PSBN) would provide a secure, resilient, and interoperable communications platform for responders, and enable new technologies and applications that enhance emergency response.
o The 2025 cyclical event season continues, with wildland fires impacting communities across the country. Public Safety Canada’s (PS) 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 (RFA).
o According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, an estimated 90,000 cars (or one car every six minutes) are stolen in Canada each year. This results in approximately $1.5 billion in annual costs to Canadian insurance policyholders and taxpayers.
o On May 20, 2024, the Government of Canada released a National Action Plan on Combatting Auto Theft focused on disrupting, dismantling, and prosecuting the organized crime groups involved.
o Gender-based violence (GBV), including family violence and intimate partner violence (IPV), has been increasing. These forms of violence have long-lasting negative effects and women remain disproportionately affected. Firearms significantly heighten the risk and lethality of IPV.
o Our government made commitments to Canadians at the outset of our mandate to work to end gender-based violence by continuing investments in the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. This work will support victims and survivors, prevent violence, and support Indigenous-led approaches.
o Our government will also take action to better protect victims of sexual violence and IPV through new legislative measures.
o With this and a range of other efforts, the Government of Canada is taking action to combat these heinous crimes.
Why is Employment and Social Development (ESDC) requesting a transfer of $1.5 million from
the Public Health Agency of Canada to the Department of Employment and Social
Development, and a transfer of $2.8 million from the Department of Employment and Social
Development to the Department of Indigenous Services for the Indigenous Early Learning
and Child Care Transformation Initiative in the Supplementary Estimates (B) for fiscal year
ending March 31, 2026?
Why is Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requesting a transfer of
$0.2 million from various organizations to Employment and Social Development to support
Policy Horizons Canada in the Supplementary Estimates (B) for fiscal year ending March 31,
2026?
Why is Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requesting $4.2 million to support
the Canada’s Black Justice Strategy (CBJS) in the Supplementary Estimates (B) for fical year
ending March 31, 2026?