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SECTION V – OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

Grant and Contribution Programs Administered by PSEPC

  1. Under the First Nations Policing Policy (FNPP), PSEPC negotiates, implements, administers and monitors tripartite agreements for First Nations policing services. The First Nations policing services are culturally appropriate and responsive to the particular needs of First Nations and Inuit communities and are cost-shared 52% by Canada and 48% by the province/territory.
  2. The Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) was established to enhance the national capability to manage all types of emergencies and convey a reasonably uniform emergency response and recovery capacity across Canada. National capabilities are enhanced through training activities, the purchase of emergency response equipment and joint emergency planning.
  3. The National Crime Prevention Centre provides national leadership on effective and cost-effective ways to prevent and reduce crime and victimization by addressing known risk factors in high risk populations and places.  Under the National Crime Prevention Strategy, there are three funds:
    1. The Crime Prevention Action Fund (CPAF) supports the development and implementation of crime prevention initiatives aimed at reducing crime and victimization in communities large and small. It promotes cross-sector collaboration in crime prevention, engaging sectors such as policing, community health, voluntary and private sectors. It is a federal program that is delivered regionally in partnerships with provincial and territorial governments, and nationally for those projects involving more than one jurisdiction.  This fund will also support projects that were previously funded under the Policing, Corrections and Communities Fund. 
    2. The Research and Knowledge Development Fund (RKDF) supports innovative and promising interventions with at-risk populations and in specific communities to contribute to the development of the knowledge base of effective and successful practices. It also supports robust evaluations of pilot and demonstration projects and knowledge transfer activities to foster the application of good practices across the country.  
    3.  The Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF) provides time-limited funding for anti-gang initiatives in communities where youth gangs are an existing or emerging threat. It supports the development and implementation of tailored interventions aimed at youth who are in gangs or at risk of joining gangs to improve community safety and prevention of crime and victimization; it will also support the knowledge and evidence-based community interventions that target gun violence and gang-related issues by tackling its root causes.
  4. Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) assist provinces and territories to offset the costs of response and of returning infrastructure and personal property to pre-disaster condition.
  5. The Policy Development Contributions Program (formerly known as the Departmental Contributions Program) supports policy development through allocations to public not-for-profit organizations in support of PSEPC priorities under the following categories:
    • communication / information exchange projects;
    • innovation and research projects that support innovative approaches and the acquisition of knowledge and the ability to translate knowledge into action for communities and community-based organizations; and
    • training and skills development projects.
  6. The Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada Research Fellowship Program in Honour of Stuart Nesbitt White seeks to encourage Ph.D. research in two key areas:
    • cyber security relating to critical infrastructure protection, preferably in disciplines such as computer/software/electrical/mechanical engineering, computer science, and/or areas such as systems science, and risk modeling and management; and
    • disaster and emergency management, and physical critical infrastructure studies, preferably in disciplines such as urban and regional planning, geography, sociology, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, and/or areas such as risk assessment and modeling.
  7. The Workers Compensation Program provides funding to provinces and territories, based on a 75% federal and 25% provincial/territorial cost sharing ratio, to compensate volunteer emergency service workers injured or killed in the course of emergency service training or work.
  8. The Sustaining Funding Program (SFP) for National Voluntary Organizations (NVOs) provides grants to thirteen NVOs in order to cover core operating expenses and to maintain a national structure. These organizations provide policy advice to the Department and Portfolio agencies, and also provide public education activities and participate in community public safety initiatives.

Sustainable Development Strategy

In 2007, the Department will table its Sustainable Development Strategy, covering the years 2007-2010.  The former 2003-2006 strategy was comprised of corporate greening initiatives (e.g. waste reductions) and some policy initiatives intended to promote sustainable Aboriginal policing.  The 2007-2010 Sustainable Development Strategy will look to the quality of the environment, the safety of communities, as well as health, education and income, to maintain Canadian quality of life and well-being. 

For the upcoming fiscal year, the Department will:

  • Implement a Sustainable Development Strategy for 2007-2010;
  • Enhance the Department’s capacity to take sustainable development into account in its programs and activities;
  • Align the Departmental business planning process with its Sustainable Development Strategy; and
  • Identify measurable targets corresponding to broader government objects related to sustainable development.

As the Department continues to consolidate its separate locations around the city, measuring waste reduction for the new fiscal year may be possible.  The Department will also consider using benchmarks established by organizations of a similar size will be pursued. 

Legislation Administered by the Department and Portfolio Agencies


The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness 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 Preparedness 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
 

PSEP 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:

   

PSEP Department

  • Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act
  • Emergency Preparedness 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 Services of Canada

  • Corrections and Conditional Release Act
  • Criminal Code
  • Extradition Act
  • Old Age Security Act
  • Prisons and Reformatories Act
  • International Transfer of Offenders 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)
  • BlueWaterBridge 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 Drug 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
  • 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
  • QuebecHarbour, 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 Report on Plans and Priorities, you may communicate with our departmental contacts as follows: 


Name

Title

Telephone

Suzanne Hurtubise

Deputy Minister of Public Safety

(613) 991-2895

William J.S. Elliott

Associate Deputy Minister of Public Safety

(613) 990-2633

Chantal Bernier

Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Safety and Partnerships

(613) 993-4325

J. Scott Broughton

Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and National Security

(613) 991-2820

Diane MacLaren

Assistant Deputy Minister, Policing, Law Enforcement and Interoperability

(613) 990-2703

Elisabeth Nadeau

Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management

(613) 990-2615

Kristina Namiesniowski

Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy

(613) 949-6435

Daniel Lavoie

Director General, Communications

(613) 990-2743

Eva Plunkett

Inspector General of CSIS

(613) 949-0675


For more detail about the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, please visit our web site at: www.ps-sp.gc.ca