Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Patrick Tanguy. I'm the assistant deputy minister responsible for emergency preparedness and programs at the Department of Public Safety and I'll be the first one to speak. First of all, I want to give members an overview of the role of the Depar

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Patrick Tanguy. I'm the assistant deputy minister responsible for emergency preparedness and programs at the Department of Public Safety and I'll be the first one to speak. First of all, I want to give members an overview of the role of the Depar

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. As my colleague from the Canada Border Services Agency mentioned, the Government Operations Centre supports all departments and agencies in order to plan for the future. In concrete terms, one of the most important things is to thoroughly go over the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. As my colleague from the Canada Border Services Agency mentioned, the Government Operations Centre supports all departments and agencies in order to plan for the future. In concrete terms, one of the most important things is to thoroughly go over the

Public Safety committee  Let me turn to my colleague, who is in a better position to answer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let me turn to my colleague, who is in a better position to answer.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and honourable members. I'm really pleased to be here. As you are aware, the Department of Indigenous Services has a lead role in working with the provinces and territories regarding emergency management to ensure first nations communities receive necessar

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the questions. I can answer some aspects of your questions. The first thing is that, in the process in terms of emergency management in the context of B.C. wildfires, our minister received a request for assistance from the B.C. government, and in turn, given the l

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Do you mean in terms of firefighting operations? Well, in that case, the local authorities in municipalities as well as the province are the ones on the ground in firefighting operations, so—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Of course, if the request for assistance had been targeting that kind of support, we would have had to work with Canadian Forces. We've seen in the past that there have been some cases where Canadian Forces were providing assistance of that nature.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can add one aspect. In terms of consultations, what we heard, especially during a joint meeting that federal ministers had with their B.C. counterparts after the event—and some regional leaders were invited to that meeting as well—is that there was a lack of consultation on tha

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's one, absolutely.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It took some time to provide the answer. Indeed we have one, absolutely.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, not to my knowledge. I would refer to what my colleague has explained in terms of the existing agreements that are helping and supporting indigenous communities to have one. Looking forward, Public Safety Canada wants to partner and work closely with Indigenous Services. We'

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You are right. To my knowledge, this is mostly in the west. FireSmart is a program that's in the context of an emergency management strategy for Canada. This is a program that works, and it's something we're considering expanding. My colleague can correct me, but we have around 2