Emergency Management Act Explained

Short Title:	Emergency Management Act
Legislature:	Parliament of Canada
Citation:	S.C. 2007, c. 15
Territorial Extent:	Canada
Date Enacted:	June 2007
Date Commenced:	August 2007
Related Legislation:	Emergency Preparedness Act
Status:	current

The Emergency Management Act (French: Loi sur la gestion des urgences) is an Act of the Canadian government. It was passed in June 2007 during the minority Harper government. It came into force in August 2007, and it revoked the Emergency Preparedness Act in so doing.^[1] It named the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness as its enforcer, who is responsible under the Act for many things, including conducting exercises and providing education and training related to emergency management.

Furthermore, each Minister of the Crown is responsible under Section 6 of the Act:

Emergency Management Plans of Natural Resources Canada

An audit process, which complies with the Internal Auditing Standards of the Government of Canada, of Natural Resources Canada's responsibilities under the Act discovers nine Emergency Management Plans (EMPs):

• Wildland Fires;^[2]
• Geological Hazards;
• Space Weather;
• Geomatics Support;
• Nuclear Explosions Monitoring;
• Nuclear and Radiological Incidents;
• Energy Supply Disruption;
• Offshore/onshore Oil and Gas Incidents; and
• Non-fuel Mineral and Metal Commodities and Production Shortages Support.

Notes and References

1. Emergency Management Act . Statutes of Canada . 15 November 2019 . 2007 . c.15 .
2. Web site: Audit of NRCan's Management Framework for Responsibilities under the Emergency Management Act (EMA) (AU1502). 2 February 2015 . Natural Resources Canada.