The first thing is to have awareness of what's going on across the country. Second, we have to clearly understand what the likely scenarios are. So we do those. We have those across government. The Government of Canada across different departments is using a common threat and hazard scenario framework, so we understand that.
The next step is training for those. For example, in the north, in 2010, we picked a scenario. A likely scenario in the north could be a fuel spill. So we practised it. What could we do if there were a fuel spill? The Canadian Forces, Department of Public Safety, and the Canadian Coast Guard came together to work on that.
What then happens is we actually have a Government of Canada training program where all departments join in for three or four exercises a year. We ensure we have a whole-of-government approach. That then allows each of the departments and agencies to conduct their own activities. As we've seen, we've gone through and practised scenarios for the pandemic, post and prior, to ensure we're ready.
So it's situational awareness, very much having policy, process, and machinery in place. We've got the policy in place through what's called the federal emergency response plan. It's a plan that brings all the departments together. We've got the committee that talks to these scenarios, stays connected, talks about them, talks through them, and has plans ready to go, contingency plans. So when something does happen, we can very quickly come together to be able to act in the best interest of Canadians.