Public Safety committee  I simply want to add that we cannot impose standards on any entities in provinces and territories outside of the Government of Canada. When we talk about the adoption of standards, it only applies to federal institutions. I wanted to qualify that section of this provision. Goin

Public Safety committee  While we understand the importance of the new amendment, adding that in changes the nuance of the provision, so we have to talk more about it. Right now it implies that we may have to go through the provinces to talk to other entities. That's what this new addition would change.

Public Safety committee  To be brief, not all provinces define municipalities or how they group regional authorities as municipalities. By singling out the word “municipality”, Richard is trying to say it may exclude how other provinces define a group, cities, or regional authorities.

Public Safety committee  Yes. In terms of this legislation and the amendment to the Access to Information Act, the amendment is not just for the Minister of Public Safety. It extends to all ministers, so information shared with the Minister of Natural Resources in terms of what you just raised--pipeline

Public Safety committee  Right now the Access to Information Act does not specifically reference information that you just spoke about in terms of vulnerabilities to an electrical grid or a nuclear facility specifically, so it doesn't actually say that information shared with the Government of Canada on

Public Safety committee  You're right, that's a tougher question. With respect to the definition of critical infrastructure, you're absolutely right, it's not in the legislation. In terms of whether we are referring to a specific definition, we intentionally did not describe it because how each provinc

Public Safety committee  Paragraph (h) is very specific to non-financial assistance because there are other provisions in the legislation specifically for financial assistance that triggers the DFAA. So in terms of this section, it's very much to coordinate non-financial assistance, in term of federal re

Public Safety committee  About whether or not our minister would have the responsibility to review or to ensure that there would be backup plans for crown corporations.... The answer would be yes, that “government institution” in Bill C-12 does include crown corporations.

Public Safety committee  They were consulted.

Public Safety committee  On your question about ministerial roles and responsibilities, paragraphs 4(1)(b) and 4(1)(c) are the areas where our minister would be responsible for providing advice to other ministers on their emergency management plans, as well as analyzing and evaluating those plans.

Public Safety committee  It provides us the background, with a framework to establish policies and programs to make sure we have a monitoring or evaluating auditing unit in place.

Public Safety committee  I will respond just on the first part of the question, with respect to clause 6. Clause 6 obviously is a really important section of this legislation. It brings together how the federal government approaches emergencies. One of the key features of this piece of proposed legislat

Public Safety committee  Completely, but as Jamie said, it continues the financial assistance programs to provinces and territories. Each minister continues to be responsible for preparing their own emergency management activities. The new feature is that it provides greater accountability for collaborat

Public Safety committee  We have consulted the Information Commissioner and the Minister of Justice as well.

Public Safety committee  In terms of information sharing that is part of this act, it does not include personal information, but the Privacy Commissioner was consulted and he didn't have any concerns.