Public Safety committee  Yes, we do. We work very closely with the other members of the voluntary sector. There are a number of mechanisms, but for any of the national relief organizations that wish to make a contribution, we have guidelines for cooperation that spell out how we work together. Groups lik

Public Safety committee  There are many aspects of the MOU we signed with the minister that are certainly covered in Bill C-12. The operation of it is the part we're now working on with the minister's staff, to look at how we can actually prepare it, put boots on the ground, and make sure there's the s

Public Safety committee  That's correct, an operational framework.

Public Safety committee  No. It's moving along very well.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I think the thing that keeps me awake at night is that you never know when that next disaster is going to be arriving, whether it's a pandemic or whether it's going to be another earthquake or whatever. So the speed is something that we're going to continue to push until we get a

Public Safety committee  No, it's in process now. But really what we want to focus on now is the development of an operational capacity that we can use to support governments. It's all levels of government. Dr. Duplessis mentioned that the Red Cross, through the Canadian Red Cross Society Act, serves a

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Mr. Owen, your comments about emergency preparedness and preventing a disaster from occurring rather than having to respond we subscribe to fully. One of the things we support about the bill is that the emergency management terminology encompasses a very broad range: