Briefing package for the President of the King’s Privy Council - 2023

[ * ] An asterisk appears where sensitive information has been removed in accordance with the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act.

Welcome letter to the Minister of Emergency Preparedness from the Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Emergency Preparedness and Deputy National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister

Dear Minister,

Congratulations on your appointment as Minister of Emergency Preparedness and President of the King’s Privy Council. As Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Emergency Preparedness, I look forward to working with you in your new role.

In recent years, Canada has been affected by a global pandemic, historic floods, wildfires, a devastating hurricane, and other hazards that have affected the safety and security of Canadians. As Minister of Emergency Preparedness, your role in providing national leadership in response to emergencies, and in strengthening Canada’s preparedness for future events, will be critical for the wellbeing of Canadians. 

The Privy Council Office’s Emergency Preparedness Secretariat, including my role as it’s Deputy Secretary, was established in 2021 to support the Minister of Emergency Preparedness in the delivery of their mandate. While significant support to the Minister of Emergency Preparedness comes directly from the Department of Public Safety and its Government Operations Center, PCO’s Secretariat provides oversight, coordination, challenge and assistance to the federal emergency management community to ensure you receive comprehensive support from the public service, including support in convening cabinet level meetings.

It would be my pleasure to meet with you in the coming days so that I might provide you with information on how I and the Privy Council Office can support you. I also recommend early briefings from Public Safety Canada, and the Government Operations Centre, on the most pressing issues, including the wildfire situation across Canada, extreme flood events and the upcoming hurricane season. Both PCO and Public Safety Canada have also prepared briefing binders for you which we will provide through your office.

I am pleased that I will have the opportunity to work with you in serving Canadians, and please don’t hesitate to reach out should you have any questions.

Sincerely,

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Daniel Rogers
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, (Emergency Preparedness)
Daniel.Rogers@pco-bcp.gc.ca
(343) 597-5280

Emergency Preparedness Secretariat and Ministerial Liaison Office

Privy Council Office, Overview, July 2023

Outline

Emergency Preparedness Secretariat

The Emergency Preparedness Secretariat (EPS) was established following the 2021 federal election to support the Minister of Emergency Preparedness at PCO. The Secretariat is part of the Office of the National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister. The Minister is also supported by the department of Public Safety (PS). PCO and PS work collaboratively to ensure the Minister receives timely and effective advice.

Similar to other areas within PCO, EPS also supports the Prime Minister and Cabinet in advancing the Government’s priorities.

EPS has three core responsibilities:

1. Ensure the Minister of Emergency Preparedness receives full support of the public service in the delivery of their mandate.
   • Provide full support to the Minister as Chair of SSE and in other committee roles;
   • Assist in keeping the Minister up-to-date on emergent and potential emergency management (EM) scenarios (all hazards);
   • Provide briefing materials or correspondence to support travel, stakeholder meetings, as required;
   • Convene/coordinate within the public service and with other stakeholders on issue management, as required.
2. Provide PCO oversight, coordination, challenge, and support to the federal Emergency Preparedness/Management community.
   • Provide ‘standard’ PCO service for coordination, convening and challenge function on all policy issues relating to EM, including cabinet proposals developed by PS;
   • Provide information, advice, and support to the PMO and PM as required.
3. Lead the federal public service response to significant federal or national events within the NSIA ’s area of responsibility.
   • Coordinate and support the federal public service response for issues within the NSIA ’s portfolio requiring significant, horizontal, and temporary federal coordination. This includes responses to operational events (e.g., all-hazard EM) and any other very significant national issues requiring public service coordination (e.g., Public Inquiries);
   • Convene senior levels of the public service and assist in convening ministers (e.g., IRG ) when needed to help ensure a consistent, timely understanding of issue and to provide decision makers the opportunity to make decisions or set direction.

Where we fit within PCO & the NSIA Branch

Emergency Preparedness responsibilities: A closer look

Committees

Cabinet Committee on Safety, Security and Emergencies (SSE)

• Ensure SSE functions smoothly with support to Chair and Vice-Chair
• Forward agenda, planning, and alignment with government priorities
• Support to SSE Chair for items going to Full Cabinet

Incident Response Group (IRG)

• Provide advice on agenda, invites and substance of Incident Response Group (IRG) meetings when required (e.g., Fiona) (PCO Operations will handle organizing meeting, invitations etc.)

*The Minister of EP often gathers Ministers to provide advice in urgent situations [ * ], performing a critical convening role on behalf of the Government. Where new authorities are required on an urgent basis, the IRG is convened, chaired by the Prime Minister.

Policy advice

Whole-of-Government

• Ensure policy coherence of proposals and actions across system for all hazards, such as wildfires, floods, capacity building, federal preparedness, international engagement, infrastructure resilience, Indigenous EM
• Coordinate information and advice for some Ministerial stakeholder meetings/briefings

Mandate Commitments

• Responsible to deliver five MLCs under the Minister of Emergency Preparedness, and ensure work is aligned with other MLCs being advanced by other government departments (e.g., Federal Emergency Response Plan, FERP renewal)

Operations/Event management

• Strategic level coordination and support to the Prime Minister, PMO, Minister of Emergency Preparedness, senior officials at PCO and with other partners, including provinces and territories, on crisis event management
• Situational awareness and decision-making support to the Cabinet Committee on SSE as well as the Incident Response Group
  • Contribute to whole-of-government continuous improvement initiatives
  • Participation and/or contribution to national level exercises

Ministerial Liaison Office

• In 2021, PCO created a new team in the Corporate Secretariat to provide dedicated support to PCO Ministers, including:
  • Single-window for dedicated flow of information via Departmental Liaisons to PCO Ministers / Offices.
  • Provide support services to Ministers, such as for travel, and through dedicated engagement with Ministerial Regional Offices to ensure Ministers have what they need across the country and when travelling internationally.
  • Centralized tracking and coordination of support to PCO Ministers’ offices for ATIP, proactive disclosure, IM/IT, accommodation, staffing, security screening, physical security, etc.
  • Coordinate with portfolio entities under the Ministers responsibility.
  • Organize Ministerial and MINO briefings.
  • Coordinate preparation of weekly “Look Ahead”.
  • Coordination of briefing materials for Ministers by enhancing information-sharing and collaboration across PCO and with other relevant departments.
  • Preparation of briefing materials for Full Cabinet and Committee meetings (Full Cabinet, Agenda, Results and Communications, Canada & the World).
• There are three FTEs assigned to support the President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness’ office: 1x Departmental Liaison (Lorena Ligori), 1x Senior Administrative Officer (Sarah Hammill) and 1x Administrative Assistant. They report to the Executive Director (Sonia Baril) of the Corporate Secretariat.
• The Ministerial Liaison Office works closely with the Emergency Preparedness Secretariat and Public Safety Canada to provide support to the Minister’s office.

Annex: Emergency management in Canada

Issue notes

Cabinet Committee on Safety, Securities and Emergencies (SSE)

SSE considers threats and risks to the safety and security of Canada and Canadians. Its roles include managing ongoing emergencies and ensuring strategic, integrated, forward-looking leadership for federal emergency management (mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery). [ * ]. The current membership of SSE is attached at Annex A, and has been adjusted to reflect the changes to Cabinet membership announced on July 26th.

PCO’s Emergency Preparedness Secretariat (EPS) serves as the Secretariat to SSE and provides support to the Chair and Vice-Chair for effective operation of the Committee. This includes: maintaining the forward agenda, supporting meeting management; and supporting the Chair as items proceed to Full Cabinet.

To deliver on the Government of Canada’s priorities, EPS supports the Chair and Vice-Chair in establishing and implementing the forward agenda for SSE, following consultation with other federal departments and PMO. EPS also works across PCO and with other federal departments to review supporting materials to ensure that Ministers have the information needed to fulfill their responsibilities at the SSE committee. 

Minister’s role

You are currently a member of SSE and as Minister of Emergency Preparedness, it is anticipated that you may also take on the role of Chair. Pending further announcements from the Prime Minister on committee structures and membership, the Committee will function with its current Chairs and membership.

SSE meetings are currently convened on a regular schedule, or an ad hoc basis to manage emergencies within the mandate of the Committee. The draft forward agenda for SSE is attached at Annex B. EPS is currently working with other government Departments to validate this list. PCO will work with your office to provide briefing materials for any upcoming meetings.

Annex A: SSE Committee Membership

• The Hon. William Sterling Blair (Chair)
• The Hon. Patricia Hajdu (Vice-Chair)
• The Hon. Anita Anand
• The Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau
• The Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
• The Hon. Lawrence MacAulay
• The Hon. Harjit Singh Sajjan

Annex B: Cabinet forward agenda summer - Fall 2023

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Public Order Emergency Commission

On February 14, 2022, in response to blockades in locations across Canada, the Government of Canada declared a public order emergency under the Emergencies Act that was in effect until February 23, 2022. On April 25, 2022, the Government of Canada established the Public Order Emergency Commission to inquire into the circumstances that led to the declaration of emergency and the measures taken for dealing with the emergency.

The Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) released its final report titled, Report of the Public Inquiry into the 2022 Public Order Emergency (the Report) on February 17, 2023. The Report found that the Government of Canada met the very high threshold required for invocation of the Act and that the Government had “reasonable grounds to believe that there existed a national emergency arising from threats to the security of Canada that necessitated the taking of special temporary measures.”

The Report also made 56 recommendations addressing the following themes: policing; federal intelligence collection and coordination; critical trade corridors and infrastructure; reforms to the Emergencies Act; areas for further study; and follow-up and accountability following the release of the Commission’s report. In response to its release the Prime Minister publicly committed to issuing a Government Response (GR) within a year (by February 17, 2024). 

Current status

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Role of the Minister of Emergency Preparedness

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Mandate Letter Commitments

Through previous mandate letters, the Minister of Emergency Preparedness was asked to lead 20 mandate commitments, supported by four departments:

• 13 by Public Safety Canada (PS);
• Five by the Privy Council Office (PCO);
• One by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC); and
• One by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

Of the 20 commitments, 3 were completed, 5 are underway and on track and 12 are underway with some challenges or delays. A summary of the objective and status of commitments led or co-led by PCO is attached at Annex A. The full list of commitments is attached at Annex B. Public Safety Canada will report on the status of their mandate commitments under a separate cover. 

The mandate letter commitments support led by PCO reflect the Minister’s whole-of-government role in leading the emergency management function and serve to reinforce system-wide planning and coordination.

Departments report on the status of mandate letter commitment on a quarterly basis. The next update is expected in fall 2023. PCO, in collaboration with Public Safety Canada and other government Departments, is ready to support the Minister of Emergency Preparedness in implementing their mandate.

Annex A

PCO lead

Commitment: Support the PM and Cabinet through acute phases of rapid emergency responses

Objective: To support effective management of crisis or emergency events by:

• Convening and chairing the Cabinet Committee on Safety, Security and Emergencies (SSE);
• Advising and supporting the Prime Minister in convening and chairing the Incident Response Group (IRG); and 
• Convening and coordinating Ministerial colleagues to support effective federal preparedness pursuant to the Federal Emergency Response Plan (FERP).

Status: This commitment is on track (ongoing commitment).

Commitment: Conduct a review of the roles and responsibilities of federal emergency operations centres

Objective: To build a strong documented understanding of key information including the fundamental roles, responsibilities, interoperability and mandates of federal Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) by:

• Conducting a review and research of existing documentation; and
• Fact-finding through informal information requests, interviews, surveys, EOC site visits and ongoing engagement with officials. 

Status: This commitment is on underway and on track.

Assess the response to Requests for Assistance from provinces and territories, including assistance from the Canadian Armed Forces

Objective: To build a strong documented understanding of the request for assistance process, including number, types and scope of assistance requested over the past 10 years, along with direct and indirect costs incurred in Canada in this time period by:

• Conducting a review of existing documentation; and
• Survey and fact-finding as needed and ongoing engagement with DGs.

Status: This commitment is underway with some challenges or delays.

Commitment: Expand the Office of the National Security and Intelligence Advisor as climate increasingly impacts our domestic and global context

Objective: Expand the Office of the National Security and Intelligence Advisor as climate change increasingly impacts our domestic and global context.

Status: This objective is underway and on track to be formally complete in September 2023.

Commitment: Through co-chairing the joint Committee of BC and Government of Canada Ministers on Disaster Response and Climate Resilience, ensure effective coordination across all orders of government, including with Indigenous communities, and that lessons learned from the recent climate-related floods and fires are translated into effective policy action

Objective: The PM and the BC Premier announced on November 26, 2021, that a committee of federal and provincial ministers will be established to work together, with Indigenous leadership, to guide immediate and ongoing support to BC families, businesses and communities affected by the extreme weather events. The Committee was mandated to operate until June 2022.

Status: This commitment is complete.

ESDC and PCO lead

Commitment: Modernize how services and benefits are delivered to Canadians in times of crisis to bolster national resilience and readiness for future pandemics and other emergencies

Objectives: 

• To ensure that systems can function, and benefits can be delivered to Canadians, including in a time of crisis by:
  • Addressing technical debt of existing information technology (IT) systems thereby reducing the risk profile associated with potential system failures (ESDC); and
  • Building foundational understanding of programs that could provide services and benefits to Canadians in an emergency (PCO).
• To provide a review by ESDC of the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP).

Status: This commitment is underway with some challenges or delays.

PHAC and PCO lead

Commitment: Enhance the management of strategic stockpiles to bolster national resilience and readiness for future pandemics and other emergencies

Objectives: To stabilize the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile (NESS) by:

• Developing and implementing a comprehensive management plan to bolster readiness for future pandemics and other emergencies based on lessons learned from COVID-19 and previous audits; and
• Sharing best practices and lessons learned with other federal stockpile managers. 

Status: This commitment is underway with some challenges or delays.

Annex B: Mandate Letter Commitments

Emergency Preparedness Operations

The Minister of Emergency Preparedness, supported by the Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Emergency Preparedness) and the Deputy Ministers at Public Safety, plays a key leadership role in convening and coordinating federal partners during the acute phases of emergency management. 

As the Minister of Emergency Preparedness, you will exercise leadership and coordinate efforts to strengthen emergency management in Canada, ensuring a strategic, integrated, and proactive approach across all hazards, including public health emergencies. In this role, you will be supported by Public Safety Canada and PCO’s Emergency Preparedness Secretariat (EPS), and will work closely with provinces, territories, municipalities and Indigenous partners to prepare for future emergencies and ensure robust response and recovery capabilities.

In executing this role in support of the Prime Minister, the Minister can rely on PCO for strategic advice and close working relationships with PMO and the senior leadership of federal organizations. The Minister can also rely on Public Safety for expert, effective coordination of operational efforts across government in accordance with established federal response plans.

EPS is the primary pipeline of emergency related information to the Minister’s office, to PMO, and to senior leadership within PCO for all emergency management events (all hazards approach). EPS plays a pro-active role in ensuring that federal departments and agencies prepare for a range of significant events (e.g. including the recent Papal visit, large demonstrations, Canada Day, etc.). This ensures not only preparedness but also strong information sharing structures are established in advance of an event whenever possible.

EPS is also working with Public Safety Canada on emergency management governance and renewal of the Federal Emergency Response Plan (FERP) to further clarify roles, improve operational reporting, and to better identify and mitigate risks associated with potential hazards.

Partners

EPS works with other PCO Secretariats, federal organizations and a variety of external partners with responsibilities related to national security and emergency management. These include, but are not limited to:

• PCO Security and Intelligence Secretariat, including the Crisis Management Cell for intelligence gathering and liaison with security partners; 
• PCO Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat for incoming foreign dignitary visits and international crises affecting Canadian or with domestic implications;
• Public Safety Canada, notably the Government Operations Centre (GOC), on advancing preparedness activities, monitoring of emerging events and developing situational awareness on whole-of-government response activities to crisis events; and 
• Other federal departments and agencies with responsibilities in emergency management (DND/CAF, ECCC, ISED, HC, ISC, NRCAN, PHAC, TC, etc.) on initiatives in development, planning or response to a specific event within a given mandate. 

President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada

There has been a President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada since the Canadian Privy Council was established by the British North America Act, 1867. 

There are limited powers, duties and functions associated with the role. The President presides over meetings of the Privy Council – which is basically all 380+ current and former Ministers, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Governor Generals. The Privy Council only rarely convenes in full for affairs of state such as the accession of the new Sovereign in 1952. The last time the President of the King’s Privy Council had to preside over a full meeting of the Privy Council was in 1981 on the occasion of Charles, Prince of Wales' engagement to Lady Diana Spencer. More recently, the President of the King’s Privy Council played a role in welcoming participants at the gathering that took place to commemorate the Coronation of King Charles III.

Typically, the position is paired with other responsibilities. Under Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau and Joe Clark, the President fulfilled the role of Government House Leader. Since the early 1990s it has regularly been held by whoever holds the portfolio of minister of intergovernmental affairs.

The President of the King’s Privy Council (PKPC) is responsible for three portfolio entities.

Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada

The Board is listed in Schedule II of the Financial Administration Act as a departmental corporation whose employees are public servants. The PKPC is designated responsible minister for the purposes of that Act.

The TSB's mandate is to advance safety in air, marine, pipeline, and rail transportation by conducting independent investigations into selected transportation occurrences, in order to make findings regarding their causes and contributing factors;

• identifying safety deficiencies, as evidenced by transportation occurrences;
• making recommendations designed to eliminate or reduce such safety deficiencies;
• reporting publicly on our investigations and findings in relation thereto.

Minister’s role

• Recommending Board appointments to the GIC: The Board is comprised of no more than five members appointed by the Governor in Council, at least three of whom shall be full-time members. The Governor in Council appoints members who are collectively knowledgeable about air, marine, rail and pipeline transportation. Members are appointed to hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding seven years, but may be removed by the Governor in Council at any time for cause.
• Tabling in Parliament:
  • Annual Report (section 13 (3) of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act), three months after end of fiscal.
  • Access to Information and Privacy Reports, on or before October 16, 2023.
  • Sustainable Development Strategy in Parliament, on or before November 2, 2023.
• The PKPC is responsible for approving the entity’s Estimates documents before they are submitted to the Treasury Board for tabling (e.g., Departmental Plan)

Public Service Commission

The Public Service Commission (PSC) protects merit, non-partisanship, representativeness and the use of both official languages. It safeguards the integrity of staffing in the Public Service and the political impartiality of public servants, develops policies and guidance for Public Service managers and holds them accountable for their staffing decisions. The PSC conducts audits and investigations to confirm the effectiveness of the staffing system and to make improvements. As an independent agency, the PSC reports its results to Parliament.

Minister’s role

• Estimates: PSC is an FAA 1.1 entity and the PKPC is responsible for approving Estimates documents (e.g., Departmental Plan)
• Tabling in Parliament:
  • Annual Report (section 23 (1) of the Public Service Employment Act), as soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year.
  • Access to Information and Privacy Reports, on or before October 16, 2023.
  • Sustainable Development Strategy in Parliament, on or before November 2, 2023.

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal

Minister’s role

• Recommending Board Appointments to the GIC: The Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal consists of a Chairperson and not less than two and not more than six other members to be appointed by the Governor in Council. All of the members must be judges of the Federal Court or a superior court of a province. Each member of the Tribunal is to be appointed for a term of not more than seven years and holds office so long as he or she remains a judge.

Federal participation – Nooksak Cross-Border Flooding

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Background

Since the floods in British Columbia in 2021, several processes have been launched to address the flood damage and to prepare the flooded areas to be more resilient in future:

• The joint Committee of British Columbia and Government of Canada ministers on disaster response and climate resilience (Joint Committee), co-chaired by Ministers Blair and Farnworth, held a series of meetings throughout 2022 to examine the impacts and causes of the 2021 flooding at Abbotsford. You were a member of this committee.
• Traditional Chief Tyrone McNeil has started a dialogue in Abbotsford called Build Back Better Together, which brings together First Nations, municipalities, the provincial government, and NGOs to address the impacts of flooding at the level of the Fraser River watershed.
• The province, City of Abbotsford, and local First Nations have signed The Sumas River Flood Mitigation Collaborative Framework, under which the parties agree to work together to address flood risk.
• There is also a table dedicated to addressing flooding that occurs across the international border (the Nooksak table).

First Nations and provincial officials seek federal participation at both the Sumas and Nooksak tables. It is a commonly held view that a range of federal interests are implicated, including transportation, energy corridors, First Nation impacts, the health of fisheries and resilient supply chains. There is also a hope that the federal government will eventually agree to contribute funding to any infrastructure projects identified by these tables as priority investments. 

The approach being taken at the Sumas table, in particular, reflects a very high value being placed on reconciliation. The process is not only based on dialogue but also on a recognition of shared values. A lot of work has gone into building trust at the technical and working levels and towards building a common vision of what risk management could entail. 

Next steps

We would be pleased to provide you with a more detailed briefing and to discuss options.

Reference materials

Overview of Corporate Services Branch

In addition to supporting the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister’s Office, the Corporate Services Branch provides a range of services to support Privy Council Office (PCO) Ministers and their offices.

The Corporate Services Branch is led by Matthew (Matt) Shea, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Ministerial Services and Corporate Affairs.

Matt is available to meet with PCO Ministers and their staff to discuss the range of support provide by PCO and to answer any questions:

• Phone: [ * ]
• Email: Matthew.Shea@pco-bcp.gc.ca

Concierge support

Through a one-stop, concierge support team, PCO Ministers and their offices receive dedicated support in the areas of human resources, finance, IT, accommodations and security support.

The concierge team will prepare security passes so that you are able to access PCO buildings, including your office at 55 Metcalfe Street, 15th floor. Parking is available in the building for your vehicle.

Support for events and travel (domestic and international) is also available for PCO Ministers.

Corporate Secretariat

The Corporate Secretariat coordinates the flow of briefing material, documents, correspondence and policy advice to and from the Minister’s office. The Corporate Secretariat coordinates input from across PCO to provide comprehensive support and advice to PCO Ministers, engage with relevant and departments and portfolios entities, prepare memos to support PCO Ministers at Cabinet and Cabinet Committee meetings and provide Parliamentary support, as required.

The Departmental Liaison and supporting operational resources provide dedicated support to organize Ministerial and MINO briefings, track the routing of memos and policy documents, manage ministerial correspondence and invitations and have out in-person reception services.

Ministers ’ Regional Offices (MROs)

Corporate Services Branch at PCO also operates 16 MROs across the country to support all federal ministers and exempt staff while traveling or working remotely. MROs provide secure accommodations, administrative and logistical support for meetings and events. MROs are equipped with secure videoconference systems, secure remote access laptops and secure mobile devices, enabling Cabinet Committee participation and access Cabinet documents via eCabinet tablets while in the regions.

List of key contacts

Privy Council Office

• Nathalie Drouin
  Deputy Clerk 
  613-957-5466
• Marie-Claude Fillion
  Chief of Staff to the Deputy Clerk
  613-716-2153 (c)
• Jody Thomas
  National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister
  613-957-5056 (w)
  [ * ] (c)
• Ramzi Nashef
  Chief of Staff to the National Security and Intelligence Advisor
  [ * ] (c)
• Dan Rogers
  Deputy National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the PM and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Emergency Preparedness),
  613-957-5017 (w)
  343-597-5280 (c)
• Joanne Garrah
  Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Emergency Preparedness
  343-576-6369 (c)
• Tyler Barker
  Chief of Staff, Emergency Preparedness
  343-549-0522 (c)
• Carla St-Croix
  Director of Operations, Emergency Preparedness
  613-266-6974 (c)
• Matthew Shea
  Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Ministerial Services and Corporate Affairs
  613-957-5151 (w)
• Sonia Baril
  Executive Director, Corporate Services
  613-294-7570

Public Safety Canada

• Shawn Tupper
  Deputy Minister, Public Safety
  613-991-2895 (w)
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• Tricia Geddes
  Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety
  613-949-0322 (w)
  613-295-8941 (c)
• Aleksandra Hretczak
  Chief of Staff, Public Safety
  613-991-2893 (w)
  343-543-8251 (c)
• Trevor Bhupsingh
  Assistant Deputy Minister Emergency Management and Programs, Public Safety
  613-993-4325 (w)
  613-769-3042 (c)