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FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, AND TERRITORIAL MINISTERS MET TO DISCUSS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

This meeting was preceded by one on February 20, between FPT ministers and National Indigenous Organizations on shared priorities and strengthening Indigenous emergency management.

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  • This meeting was preceded by one on February 20, between FPT ministers and National Indigenous Organizations on shared priorities and strengthening Indigenous emergency management.
  • Ministers recognized the selfless service and incredible achievement of the emergency management and search and rescue community across Canada.
  • To honour their contributions, ministers launched the next call for nominations for the Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award; a partnership between provincial, territorial and federal governments.
  • Together, they shared their priorities and views on important emergency management issues, including prevention and preparedness activities, emergency response, and strengthening First Nations, Inuit and Métis emergency management capacity and collaboration.

As countries around the world accelerate their genome-based testing readiness, Canada's health systems can't afford to fall behind

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Alberta is followed by Quebec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario, ranked in order of their readiness grade.

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  • Alberta is followed by Quebec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario, ranked in order of their readiness grade.
  • "I feel like I'm living on borrowed time, and it has been tough on my family, knowing things could have been different.
  • Some of these tangible policy actions include:
    Developing province wide education and training standards to ensure consistency in the quality of testing service.
  • To make their health systems more resilient, countries around the globe are accelerating their progress on genome-based testing.

FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, and TERRITORIAL MINISTERS MET TO DISCUSS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

OTTAWA, ON, June 28, 2023 /CNW/ - Federal, provincial, and territorial ministers responsible for emergency management met virtually today to discuss progress made on shared emergency management priorities.

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  • OTTAWA, ON, June 28, 2023 /CNW/ - Federal, provincial, and territorial ministers responsible for emergency management met virtually today to discuss progress made on shared emergency management priorities.
  • The ministers shared information on preparedness and response measures and emphasized the critical need for all emergency management partners in Canada to collaborate and improve disaster resilience.
  • Ministers discussed the major progress made on emergency management initiatives detailed in the federal, provincial, territorial 2021-22 Emergency Management Strategy Interim Action Plan , including shared priorities, across all four pillars of emergency management: prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
  • Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure minister responsible for emergency management, Manitoba

Minister Blair highlights Emergency Preparedness Week activities

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Friday, May 6, 2022

Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, reflected on the first Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) in his new role.

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  • Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, reflected on the first Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) in his new role.
  • On May 3, Minister Blair addressed Masters of Emergency Management students at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia.
  • - The Honourable Bill Blair, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness
    "Each year, Emergency Preparedness Week provides us with an opportunity to reflect on how our actions can help reduce the impact of disasters and improve our overall resilience.
  • Emergency Preparedness Week is in its 27th year and happens annually the first week of May.

Government of Canada funds NGOs to build capacity, respond to emergencies, and keep communities safe

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

The past two years have shown all of us that large scale emergencies like a pandemic can strain our resources.

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  • The past two years have shown all of us that large scale emergencies like a pandemic can strain our resources.
  • It has also supported deployments to respond to outbreaks in remote Indigenous communities.
  • This program and its federal support will allow us to provide emergency assistanceto communities in need across Canada for many years to come."
  • This initiative supports the priorities of the Emergency Management Strategy for Canada which seek to strengthen the resilience of Canadian society by 2030.

Government of Canada Helps Protect Canadians With Earthquake Early Warning System

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Monday, March 28, 2022

The Earthquake Early Warning system demonstrates Canada's commitment to responsibly managing the safety of Canadians and protecting critical infrastructure."

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  • The Earthquake Early Warning system demonstrates Canada's commitment to responsibly managing the safety of Canadians and protecting critical infrastructure."
  • The installation of an earthquake sensor here in Horseshoe Bay will provide a critical early warning site for coastal British Columbia.
  • Our government will continue to invest in emergency preparedness initiatives like the Earthquake Early Warning system to better protect Canadians and communities across the country from natural hazards."
  • By putting this early warning system in place, we'll greatly improve our preparedness and response to earthquakes in the future."

Alert Ready Plans Nationwide Public Test on November 17, 2021

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Monday, November 15, 2021

The testing sound will simulate an emergency alert, beginning with the alert tone, known as the Canadian Alert Attention Signal.

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  • The testing sound will simulate an emergency alert, beginning with the alert tone, known as the Canadian Alert Attention Signal.
  • A test alert from Emergency Management Ontario distributed through Alert Ready on November 25, 2020.
  • Alert Ready allows provincial, territorial, and federal public safety officials to issue critical safety alerts to the public.
  • It also operates Canada's National Alert Aggregation and Dissemination System, part of Alert Ready .

C Spire offers Wireless Emergency Alerts on its mobile network

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Customers can opt out of weather and missing person alerts by adjusting their device notification settings, but Presidential alerts are mandatory.

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  • Customers can opt out of weather and missing person alerts by adjusting their device notification settings, but Presidential alerts are mandatory.
  • C Spire CTO Carla Lewis says the alerts play an important role in keeping Mississippi residents updated about flooding threats.
  • Without the alerts, C Spire and emergency response officials say injuries and deaths could result and damage totals could be much higher.
  • For more information about Wireless Emergency Alerts and CMAS on the C Spire network, go to www.cspire.com/cmas .

Public Alerting Tests to be Conducted in Canada on May 5

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

b"For a wireless device to receive a test alert, it must be:\nConnected to an LTE wireless or a newer wireless network (5G) at the time the test alert is issued;\nCapable of receiving wireless public alerts; and\nEquipped with a recent Canadian version of its operating software.\nIf a mobile device meets these conditions and did not receive the test message, Canadians should contact their wireless service provider.\nTo learn more about test alerts, Canadians should visit AlertReady .\nSince January2019, hundreds of emergency alert messages were successfully transmitted by emergency management officials to warn Canadians of a potentially life-threatening situation.

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  • b"For a wireless device to receive a test alert, it must be:\nConnected to an LTE wireless or a newer wireless network (5G) at the time the test alert is issued;\nCapable of receiving wireless public alerts; and\nEquipped with a recent Canadian version of its operating software.\nIf a mobile device meets these conditions and did not receive the test message, Canadians should contact their wireless service provider.\nTo learn more about test alerts, Canadians should visit AlertReady .\nSince January2019, hundreds of emergency alert messages were successfully transmitted by emergency management officials to warn Canadians of a potentially life-threatening situation.
  • These alerts have been credited with saving lives.\nPublic alerts are important in times of crisis and have recently been used to relay crucial information to the public regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.\nAll devices sold by wireless service providers after April6,2019, are expected to be compatible with wireless public alerting.\nCompatible devices may react differently to public alerts, depending on the phone's brand, model and operating system.\nThe National Public Alerting System involves various stakeholders:\nPublic Safety Canada is the lead federal department responsible for emergency management and coordinates the development of policies for public alerting with federal, provincial and territorial stakeholders.\nEmergency alert messages are issued by federal, provincial and territorial governments as well as designated emergency management officials to warn the public of imminent threats, such as fires, tornadoes, floods and Amber Alerts.\nProvincial and territorial officials are responsible for issuing scheduled test messages.\nPelmorex Inc. operates the National Alert Aggregation and Dissemination System, which disseminates alerts to broadcasters and wireless service providers.\nThe CRTC regulates the broadcasting and telecommunications service providers that distribute emergency alerts to the public.\nRadio and television stations, and television service providers broadcast the messages.\nWireless service providers deliver alerts to wireless cellular devices.\n"

Alert Ready Test Scheduled for May 5, 2021

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

b'Alert Ready was developed in collaboration with federal, provincial, and territorial government agencies, Pelmorex, the broadcasting industry and wireless service providers.

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  • b'Alert Ready was developed in collaboration with federal, provincial, and territorial government agencies, Pelmorex, the broadcasting industry and wireless service providers.
  • A comprehensive list of alert types can be found here .\n"In 2020, the Alert Ready System enabled government authorities to deliver 180 emergency alerts, with 21 emergency alerts issued so far in 2021 to Canadians," says Martin Belanger, Director of Public Alerting at Pelmorex.
  • "Pelmorex receives alerts from authorized alert issuers and makes those alerts available to alert distributors which include television, radio, satellite, cable and wireless service providers.
  • It also operates Canada\'s National Alert Aggregation and Dissemination System, part of Alert Ready .