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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 .
Public Safety Canada (PSC; French: Sécurité publique Canada, SPC; PSP), legally incorporated as the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (PSEPC), is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for (most) matters of public safety, emergency management, national security, and emergency preparedness in Canada.
Harjit Singh Sajjan PC OMM MSM CD MP (/ ˈ h ɑːr dʒ iː t ˈ s ɪ ŋ ˈ s æ dʒ ən /, HAR-jeet SING SAJ-ən; born September 6, 1970) is an Indian-born Canadian politician and Army veteran who has served as the minister of emergency preparedness and the president of the Privy Council since July 26, 2023.
The minister is the head of the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the internal security and border security department of the Government of Canada, which is also responsible for the Emergency Management Act. [6]
Canada's civil defence measures evolved over time. As with many other matters in Canada, responsibility is shared between the federal and provincial government. [2] The first post-WWII civil defence co-ordinator was appointed in October 1948 "to supervise the work of federal, provincial and municipal authorities in planning for public air-raid shelters, emergency food and medical supplies, and ...
Canada is ending rarely used special measures invoked nine days ago to tackle weeks-long protests that shut some border crossings and paralyzed Ottawa since late-January, Prime Minister Justin ...
Blair was made Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on November 20, 2019, [34] soon after his re-election to the 43rd Canadian Parliament. In his role he oversaw the closure of the border between Canada and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic .
The embattled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken an enormous gamble to remove the truckers’ protests, and his legacy is on the line. Canada invokes unprecedented emergency measures — and ...