The Government has accepted a formal Request for Federal Assistance from British Columbia, which is dealing with an unprecedented wildfire situation. Canadian Armed Forces assets will be made available to provide airlift support to transport personnel, supplies, and equipment into and out of areas affected by fires in British Columbia, and to support an evacuation in … Read more
The Government of Canada is committed to establishing a modern labour relations regime for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement with the National Police Federation to establish a first collective agreement for RCMP members and reservists. This agreement follows legislation passed in 2017 allowing RCMP regular members … Read more
The Government of Canada has placed four new terrorist entities on the Criminal Code list, including: two ideologically motivated violent extremist groups: Three Percenters and Aryan Strikeforce; one American neo-Nazi who has provided ideological and tactical instruction on how to operate a terrorist group to listed entities: James Mason; and, one Daesh affiliate: Islamic State – Democratic … Read more
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) announced that effective July 7, 2021 the Government of Canada is expanding mandatory firearms licence background checks to cover the lifetime of an applicant and reinstating the requirement to seek Authorization to Transport for restricted and prohibited firearms to most locations. The full release is available … Read more
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) introduced legislation, Bill C-31 An Act to Amend the Criminal Records Act and make consequential amendments to other acts, which proposes to reduce barriers to pardons for individuals with criminal records who have served their sentences and are living law-abiding lives. A pardon helps remove the stigma … Read more
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) issued the following statement: “On Sunday evening, five members of the same London family went for a walk in their neighbourhood. They were struck by a pickup truck driven by a man allegedly intent on killing them. Four members of that family died. The fifth, … Read more
Public Safety Canada’s Economic Security Task Force is leading an interdepartmental policy review examining what, if any, additional measures are needed to ensure Canada’s continued ability to respond to the economic-based threats to national security now and in the future. The Task Force is reaching out directly to key stakeholders across Canada in a range … Read more
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) issued the following statement: “Today marks to beginning of Canada’s 26th annual Emergency Preparedness (EP) week, an opportunity to remind Canadians of the importance of being prepared for any emergency situation that may occur in their local community. This year’s theme, “Emergency Preparedness: Be Ready for Anything”, … Read more
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) met with a small business based in St. Catharines Ontario, Little Chief & Co., to discuss investments for small and medium enterprises from Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience. The full release is available online.
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.), National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.), Health Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen’s Privy Council Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) confirmed that the Government of Canada will be providing more help to Ontario in response to … Read more
