Meeting of Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for Emergency Management
Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Ministers responsible for emergency management met today to discuss joint Canadian priorities and the progress made in that regard in
The meeting was co-chaired by the Honourable Ralph Goodale,
Ministers discussed the FPT Emergency Management Strategy of
To strengthen emergency preparedness communications in
Ministers underscored the extensive collaboration among FPT governments, wireless services providers and other industry partners to expand the National Public Alerting System (NPAS) to include wireless alerting. They shared lessons learned following the first wireless public alert test messages issued during Emergency Preparedness Week. Ministers also endorsed the way forward to continue collaborative efforts to modernize and strengthen the NPAS governance.
Following a presentation by the
Ministers committed to work closely together and asked their officials to seek more opportunities to share scientific knowledge, practices and methods with the
Ministers committed to work closely together and asked their officials to seek more opportunities to share scientific knowledge, practices and methods with the
Other priorities discussed included
On
On the evening of
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"My colleagues and I have made significant progress over the past year to strengthen emergency management in
* The Honourable Ralph Goodale,
"With more disasters happening on a larger scale, we need to all work together to have a coordinated approach to emergency management. There is a lot of great work happening in provinces, territories and municipalities across this country to make sure we have many tools and strategies in place to keep us on the path to safer, more resilient communities."
* The Honourable Shaye Anderson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister responsible for the
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