Press Release Department: Federal - Public Safety Canada

Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) on behalf of Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) announced $2.2 million in funding for SPHÈRES: projet sur l’exploitation sexuelle. The project, delivered by the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, is receiving funding under the Exiting Prostitution Program of the National Crime Prevention Strategy’s … Read more

Liberal MP Kim Rudd (Northumberland—Peterborough South, Ont.) on behalf of Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) announced $150,000 in federal funding to the Province of Ontario to support updated flood mapping of the Lake Ontario shoreline under the National Disaster Mitigation Program. Additionally, Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, and Lower Trent Region Conservation Authority … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Seniors Sherry Romanado (Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, Que.) on behalf of Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) announced $304,253 over three years to the Centre of Expertise and Training on Religious Fundamentalism, Political Ideologies and Radicalization at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit in Longueuil, and its regional partners, to research far-right extremism in Quebec.The college’s project, The … Read more

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) announced that Canada and the U.S. have brought into force the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine, and Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America. The Agreement enables Canada and the U.S. to expand preclearance for travellers at land, rail and … Read more

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) announced $560,000 in federal funding to support work on two projects in Saskatchewan under the National Disaster Mitigation Program. Additionally, Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency will invest $500,000 and the City of Prince Albert will provide $60,000 to support this pair of initiatives. Both of the projects announced today will provide flood mapping … Read more

Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) on behalf of Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.), along with British Columbia Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, announced $14.88 million in federal and provincial funding to support work on 20 projects in British Columbia under the National Disaster Mitigation … Read more

The Government of Canada announced two initiatives to help advance Canada’s National Cyber Security Strategy: the launch of a National Cyber Security Action Plan and the re-launching of the Cyber Secuirty Cooperation Program with $10.3 million provided over five years. The National Cyber Security Action Plan provides an update to Canadians on our Cyber Security Strategy’s … Read more

Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) on behalf of Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) announced $2.5 million over five years to Prince Edward Island to support law enforcement by increasing the number of frontline police officers trained in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing and Drug Recognition Expert evaluation. The funding … Read more

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) announced an expansion of the National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet. Building on investments in Budgets 2017 and 2018 to combat online child sexual exploitation, Budget 2019 expanded its investment with an additional $22.24 million over three years to better protect children. The funding … Read more

Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) announced $1.8 million in funding over five years to support the Guns and Gang Violence Action Fund – Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador will incorporate a collaborative and holistic approach to addressing gun and gang violence by supporting law enforcement and criminal prosecutions, facilitating new … Read more