Public Safety committee  I think the bill was intended to provide for, and does provide for, a complete, integrated framework that covers the issue of lead and coordination at the federal level--the responsibilities of the ministers within the federal ministry--and reflects the appropriate connections an

Public Safety committee  I think not in that respect, but we have made note of the various information requests that members of the committee made. We'll follow up with the clerk on those requests as soon as we can. Thank you very much for the opportunity.

Public Safety committee  Could it be something as simple, Ms. Wong, as, if there were three or four federal departments providing assistance in a given instance, coordinating the work of the federal departments and agencies in that regard?

Public Safety committee  Just to restate what I was saying, we do need to obtain information. There's no obligation for the private sector to provide the information. That being said, we are developing relationships and looking to develop relationships to get the information we need in order to carry out

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, we'll follow up as to what exactly was sent, if that's acceptable.

Public Safety committee  Perhaps I can make an initial comment. It includes some of the coordination work that we talked about in terms of working with and bringing jurisdictions together while at the same time totally respecting provincial jurisdiction and their responsibilities and integrating what nee

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I'll give the first question on the consultation process with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to Suki.

Public Safety committee  There have been no specific changes to departmental funding as of yet. There have been no cuts to the department tied specifically to this legislation.

Public Safety committee  I believe you had a question on FEMA.

Public Safety committee  There absolutely is. Learning from past events and practices is critical. Post-event, part of that is the exercise regime that Mike was referring to, the federal-provincial-territorial exercises. As well, the exercises in lessons learned, as we call them, are part of real inciden

Public Safety committee  I'll ask Ms. Wong to respond to questions on the legislation.

Public Safety committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'd be reluctant to make any direct comparison to FEMA, because our system of government is different. Their arrangements are different. I think there are a couple of basics that obviously have to be in place and that people have referred to already, such as

Public Safety committee  I'm afraid I'll have to commit to get back to you with further information on that. Certainly we do have relationships, not only with the United States but with other countries. The band strength here right now isn't such that I'm able to respond directly to your question. We

Public Safety committee  It appears not, Mr. Chairman.

Public Safety committee  Just to comment on best practices, clearly we want to cast our net as broadly as we can in terms of best practices and gaining knowledge from any other jurisdictions' arrangements, institutes, or centres of knowledge. I would take that as self-evident. One thing I should mention