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Section V: Other Items of Interest

This section of the Report details the legislation administered by the Department and its Portfolio Agencies, and contacts for further information.

Public Safety Portfolio

Public Safety Portfolio

Organizational Information

Organizational information

Legislation Administered by the Department and Portfolio Agencies


The Minister of Public Safety  has sole responsibility to Parliament for the following Acts:
  • Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act
  • Charities Registration (Security Information) Act
  • Corrections and Conditional Release Act
  • Criminal Records Act
  • Customs Act
  • Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act
  • DNA Identification Act
  • Emergency Management Act
  • Firearms Act
  • Prisons and Reformatories Act
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act
  • Sex Offender Information Registration Act
  • International Transfer of Offenders Act
  • Witness Protection Program Act

Public Safety Canada or its Agencies administer or are impacted by the following Acts in whole or in part. Some contain specific functions of the Minister that the Minister exercises solely or in conjunction with other ministers:

Public Safety Canada

  • Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act
  • Emergency Management Act

Canadian Security Intelligence Service

  • Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act
  • Charities Registration (Security Information) Act
  • Citizenship Act
  • Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
  • Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  • Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal Act
  • Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
  • Criminal Code
  • Criminal Records Act
  • DNA Identification Act
  • Excise Act
  • Export and Import Permits Act
  • Firearms Act
  • Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act

National Parole Board

  • Corrections and Conditional Release Act
  • Criminal Code
  • Criminal Records Act
  • Prisons and Reformatories Act

Correctional Service of Canada

  • Corrections and Conditional Release Act
  • Criminal Code
  • Extradition Act
  • Old Age Security Act
  • Prisons and Reformatories Act
  • International Transfer of Offenders Act
  • National Defence Act
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act
  • Security Offences Act
  • Sex Offender Information Registration Act
  • Witness Protection Program Act

Canada Border Services Agency

  • Aeronautics Act
  • Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Implementation Act (through EIPA)
  • Blue Water Bridge Authority Act
  • Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act
  • Canada Agricultural Products Act
  • Canada Border Services Agency Act
  • Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Act
  • Canada Grain Act
  • Canada Post Corporation Act
  • Canada Shipping Act
  • Canada-Chili Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
  • Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
  • Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
  • Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
  • Canadian Dairy Commission Act
  • Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act
  • Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act
  • Canadian Wheat Board Act
  • Carriage by Air Act
  • Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (though EIPA)
  • Civil International Space Station Agreement Implementation Act
  • Coastal Fisheries Protection Act
  • Coasting Trade Act
  • Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act
  • Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
  • Copyright Act
  • Criminal Code
  • Cultural Property Export and Import Act
  • Customs Act
  • Customs and Excise Offshore Application Act
  • Customs Tariff
  • Defence Production Act
  • Department of Health Act
  • Department of Industry Act
  • Energy Administration Act
  • Energy Efficiency Act
  • Excise Act
  • Excise Act, 2001
  • Excise Tax Act
  • Explosives Act
  • Export Act
  • Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act
  • Export and Import Permits Act
  • Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
  • Feeds Act

Canada Border Services Agency (continued)

  • Fertilizers Act
  • Firearms Act
  • Fish Inspection Act
  • Fisheries Act
  • Foods and Drugs Act
  • Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act
  • Freshwater Fish Marketing Act
  • Hazardous Products Act
  • Health of Animals Act
  • Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
  • Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act
  • Integrated Circuit Topography Act
  • International Boundary Commission Act
  • Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act
  • Meat Inspection Act
  • Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act (not in force)
  • Motor Vehicle Safety Act
  • National Energy Board Act
  • Navigable Waters Protection Act
  • North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
  • Nuclear Energy Act
  • Nuclear Safety and Control Act
  • Pest Control Products Act
  • Pilotage Act
  • Plant Breeders’ Rights Act
  • Plant Protection Act
  • Precious Metals Marking Act
  • Preclearance Act
  • Privacy Act
  • Privileges and Immunities (North Atlantic Organization) Act
  • Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
  • Provincial Trade Act
  • Quarantine Act
  • Quebec Harbour, Port Warden Act
  • Radiation Emitting Devices Act
  • Radiocommunication Act
  • Seeds Act
  • Special Economic Measures Act
  • Special Import Measures Act
  • Statistics Act
  • Telecommunications Act
  • Textile Labelling Act
  • Trade-Marks Act
  • Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992
  • United Nations Act
  • United States Wreckers Act
  • Visiting Forces Act
  • Wild Animals and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act

Other

  • Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Act

Contacts for Further Information

For further information about this Departmental Performance Report, you may communicate with our departmental contacts as follows:


Name Title Telephone
Suzanne Hurtubise Deputy Minister of Public Safety (613) 991-2895
Myles Kirvan Associate Deputy Minister of Public Safety (613) 949-0322
Chantal Bernier Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Safety and Partnerships (613) 993-4325
Lynda Clairmont A/ Assistant Deputy Minister,
Emergency Management and National Security
(613) 990-4976
Stéphanie Durand A/ Director General, Communications (613) 991-2799
Daniel Lavoie A/ Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and National Security (613) 990-2743
Elisabeth Nadeau Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management (613) 990-2615
Kristina Namiesniowski Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy (613) 949-6435
Eva Plunkett Inspector General of CSIS (613) 949-0675
Richard Wex Assistant Deputy Minister, Law Enforcement and Policing (613) 990-2703

Further information on the Department is available at www.publicsafety.gc.ca

[1] Public Safety Canada is the applied title for the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

[2] The Public Safety Portfolio consists of Public Safety Canada (PS), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), the National Parole Board (NPB), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP (CPC), the Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI), and the RCMP External Review Committee (ERC). With the exception of CSIS, Departmental Performance Reports for each can be found on the organization’s respective website.