Emergency Management Act (S.C. 2007, c. 15)

Marginal note:Ministers’ responsibilities

• 6 (1) The emergency management responsibilities of each minister accountable to Parliament for a government institution are to identify the risks that are within or related to his or her area of responsibility — including those related to critical infrastructure — and to do the following in accordance with the policies, programs and other measures established by the Minister:

  • (a) prepare emergency management plans in respect of those risks;

  • (b) maintain, test and implement those plans; and

  • (c) conduct exercises and training in relation to those plans.

• Marginal note:Contents of emergency management plans

  (2) Each minister shall include in an emergency management plan

  • (a) any programs, arrangements or other measures to assist provincial governments and, through the provincial governments, local authorities;

  • (b) any federal-provincial regional plans;

  • (c) any programs, arrangements or other measures to provide for the continuity of the operations of the government institution in the event of an emergency; and

  • (d) in the case of war or other armed conflict, the programs, arrangements or other measures that

    • (i) support the overall defence effort,

    • (ii) support the Canadian Forces and the armed forces of Canada’s allies in the conduct of military operations,

    • (iii) contribute to meeting Canada’s military and civil wartime obligations to its allies, and

    • (iv) mitigate the effects of foreign armed conflict on Canada.

• Marginal note:Provincial emergencies

  (3) A government institution may not respond to a provincial emergency unless the government of the province requests assistance or there is an agreement with the province that requires or permits the assistance.