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Prior to 1988, the agency responsible for the "public safety" portfolio was known as Emergency Preparedness Canada, which was created under the auspices of the Department of National Defence. In 1988, the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness was established by the Emergency Preparedness Act.
Emergency medical services in Canada are the responsibility of each Canadian province or territory. The services, including both ambulance and paramedic services, may be provided directly by the province, contracted to a private provider, or delegated to local governments, which may, in turn, create service delivery arrangements with municipal ...
The Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR), formerly Emergency Management BC (EMBC), is a provincial government department in the Canadian province of British Columbia. EMCR works with local governments and other provincial and federal agencies year round, providing coordination and support before, during and after ...
The minister of emergency preparedness (French: ministre de la protection civile) is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. The officeholder is one of two ministers (the other being the minister of public safety ) responsible for administering the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness .
The Emergency Management Act (French: Loi sur la gestion des urgences) is an Act of the Canadian government. It was passed in June 2007 during the minority Harper government . It came into force in August 2007, and it revoked the Emergency Preparedness Act in so doing. [ 1 ]
[5] [6] In Ontario, police services are obliged to provide at least five core police services — crime prevention, law enforcement, maintenance of the public peace, emergency response, and assistance to victims of crime — to fulfill the province's requirement for "adequate and effective policing," [7] while in neighbouring Quebec, the ...
Emergency Measures Act [13] 2013 Floods: Alberta Emergency Management Act [14] 2014 Assiniboine River flood: Manitoba Emergency Measures Act [15] [16] 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire: Alberta Emergency Management Act [17] Opioid epidemic: British Columbia Public Health Act [18] [19] 2017 Wildfires: British Columbia Emergency Program Act [10] [20 ...
Pages in category "Emergency services in Canada" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Canadian Center for Emergency Preparedness;