Recognizing that Emergency management is a shared responsibility across all sectors of society, the Emergency Management Framework for Canada (the Framework) aims to guide and strengthen the way governments and partners assess risks and work together to prevent/mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to Canadians. In addition, given that each Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) government has a responsibility for emergency management and public safety in Canada, The Framework aims to strengthen FPT collaboration and ensure more coherent, complementary actions among the FPT governmental initiatives"--Purpose, p. 6.
Four years into the original version of An Emergency Management Framework for Canada (2007), FPT Ministers Responsible for Emergency Management are pleased to announce the second edition of this well-established and fundamental text. Reflecting the ever changing emergency management environment, and complimenting the existing text with additional information and relevant detail ..."--Page 6 of 20, Note on revised edition.
Canada has made good progress to reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) - the main culprit in acid rain - over the last 15 years. In eastern Canada, SO2 emissions have been cut in half from 1980 levels. Despite this achievement, however, acid rain remains a problem. In fact, even with full implementation in 2010 of the Canadian and U.S. Acid Rain Programs, about 800,000 square kilometres of eastern Canada will continue to receive harmful levels of acid rain"--Introduction, page 1.
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