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The Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (CMMP) is a pan-Canadian vision for the future of the minerals and metals sector to help position Canada as the leading mining nation and lay the foundation for lasting success at home and abroad.
Access to – and use of – personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks, gloves and gowns are essential to the safest possible restart of the natural resources sectors, and other parts of the economy and society.
Climate change impacts affect Canadians across the country along with the resilience of the natural resources sectors and the communities that depend on them. These impacts will persist, and in many cases amplify over the coming decades. Ambitious action is necessary to reduce risks, build resilience and adapt to take advantage of emerging opportunities.
Canada is the only G7 country that lacks consistent and authoritative flood hazard mapping of its high-risk flood zones. This results in gaps in knowledge to inform flood risk management throughout Canadian jurisdictions. In response to this, Natural Resources Canada is working with Public Safety Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, as well as with the provinces and territories and Indigenous peoples to complete all flood maps in Canada.
Uptake by provinces and territories of a federally-led Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program is expected to be positive given that this program will produce updated flood hazards maps critical in filling knowledge gaps across the country and will support environmental and economic priorities.
Natural resource sectors are among the economic sectors hit hardest by the pandemic. The Government of Canada has put in place measures to support the economic recovery.
Indigenous people and communities have expressed concerns about major natural resource projects, including their ability to participate in assessment and regulatory processes, and contribute to the mitigation of potential impacts on their Aboriginal and treaty rights.
How is conflict of interest prevented and managed in the public service?
The 2020 to 2021 Main Estimates were re-tabled in Parliament on September 30, 2020, following the prorogation. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is seeking $4,048.3M, which is a net decrease of $187.2M from the $4,234.4M sought in the Main Estimates for 2019 to 2020.