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IV. Other Items Of Interest

Grants and Contributions Programs Administered by Public Safety Canada

• Under the First Nations Policing Policy (FNPP), Public Safety negotiates, administers and monitors tripartite agreements for policing services in First Nations communities. The 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.
• The Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) was established to enhance the national capability to manage all types of emergencies and to encourage continued cooperation between the federal government and provincial/territorial governments. National capabilities are enhanced through such initiatives as training activities, the purchase of emergency response vehicles and equipment, and the development and exercising of emergency plans.
• The National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) provides a policy framework for the implementation of crime prevention interventions in Canada. It is jointly managed with the provinces and territories and administered by Public Safety Canada's National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC). The NCPC mission is to provide national leadership on effective and cost-efficient ways to both prevent and reduce crime by addressing known risk factors in high-risk populations and places. In doing so, the NCPC concentrates on two core activities: supporting targeted interventions and building and sharing practical knowledge. The NCPC currently administers the following three funds:
  
  • Crime Prevention Action Fund (CPAF): The CPAF supports crime prevention projects in both large and small communities. The CPAF's key objective is to support promising practices that address known risk factors and are related to NCPC's priority crime issues. Priority is given to projects that focus on individuals or groups with multiple risk factors. Capacity building, especially in Aboriginal communities, rural and/or remote areas, will be funded based on need, as part of a broader strategy to address specific risk factors or crimes.
  • Research and Knowledge Development Fund (RKDF): The RKDF has three funding streams: research, knowledge transfer and demonstration projects accompanied by independent evaluations. The RKDF's objectives are to: identify promising community-based crime prevention models; determine the effectiveness and cost benefits of projects, which are the key components of successful programs and how they might be used in other communities; and promote high-quality, cost-effective and sustainable crime prevention projects.
  • Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF): The YGPF invests in communities with gang issues. It invests in projects targeting youth who are already members of gangs or at the greatest risk of joining gangs. The NCPC works with the provinces and territories to identify affected communities. Funding goes to projects where community-based organizations and municipalities have worked together to assess needs and develop a coordinated, integrated response to the gang phenomenon they face.
• Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) assist provinces and territories with eligible costs incurred in responding to and recovering from natural disasters. Eligible costs include those related to restoring public works to their pre-disaster condition and to replacing basic, essential property of individuals, small businesses and farmsteads.
• The Joint Infrastructure Interdependencies Research Program (JIIRP) is jointly funded with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). The ultimate outcome of the JIIRP is to produce new science-based knowledge and practices to better assess, manage and mitigate risks to Canadians from critical infrastructure interdependencies by funding innovative research projects with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary research.
• The Policy Development Contributions Program (formerly known as the Departmental Contributions Program) contributes to the achievement of departmental legislative policy development and consultative objectives by:
  • supporting projects in priority areas to address public policy issues of strategic importance to the Department;
  • supporting information driven projects and participation in cross-sectoral and inter-jurisdictional policy and legislative initiatives;
  • supporting innovative approaches and the acquisition of knowledge and the ability to translate knowledge into action for communities and community-based organizations; and
  • contributing to enhanced public safety and emergency management.
• The Public Safety 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.
• 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.
• The Sustaining Funding Program (SFP) for National Voluntary Organizations (NVOs) provides grants to NVOs to help these organizations maintain a national structure and cover core operating expenses, such as staff payroll and office equipment leases. These organizations provide policy advice to the Department and Portfolio agencies, and also provide public education activities and participate in community public safety initiatives.
• The Communities at Risk: Security Infrastructure Pilot is a pilot program that assists communities with a demonstrated history of being victimized by hate-motivated crime to help defray the costs of minor security infrastructure. In the process, the pilot aims to contribute to the deterrence of hate-motivated crime and to an increased sense of security for at-risk communities. The Program is in effect from June 7, 2007 until March 31, 2009.
• National Flagging System (NFS) is used to identify and track high-risk, violent offenders who pose a risk of re-offending and to facilitate appropriate prosecution and sentencing of these offenders, including Dangerous or Long-Term Offender applications in appropriate cases. The program provides funding to provinces/territories for the following primary activities:
  • Assistant Flagging Coordinators and other specialized staff to provide investigative and analytical functions
  • High speed scanning devices and electronic databases to convert paper files in electronic form
  • Increased police support for the NFS in the form of extended policy/RCMP liaison

Legislation Administered by the Department and Portfolio Agencies

The Minister of Public Safety Canada 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 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 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 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	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 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
Myles Kirvan	Associate Deputy Minister of Public Safety	(613) 949-0322
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
Lynda Clairmont	Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and National Security	(613) 990-4976
Daniel Lavoie	Director General, Communications	(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, Policing, Law Enforcement and Interoperability	(613) 990-2703

For more information on Public Safety Canada, please visit our web site at: www.publicsafety.gc.ca.

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