Ontario's nuclear facilities, electricity generating plants, and courthouses will be better protected through new legislation introduced on February 23, 2012. The Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act is more modern, transparent and focused on necessary security at courthouses, nuclear facilities and large electricity generating facilities. These new measures will replace the Public Works Protection Act (PWPA).

This month, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) hosted the first-ever meeting of the Municipal Infrastructure Forum, a national group of municipal, business, and industry leaders formed to support the Government of Canada's development of a new long-term infrastructure plan.

In Fall 2012, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada will release a report to the House of Commons on military infrastructure.

Amended Act makes certain improvements in the laws relating to cybersecurity and for other purposes.

The Strategy articulates the Administration’s vision for working with international partners and the global private sector to promote the efficient and secure movement of goods throughout the global economy, and foster the development of a supply chain system more resilient to major disruptions, whether natural or manmade.

OTTAWA, October 25, 2011 – The Honourable Vic Toews, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, delivered a keynote address at SecureTech 2011, a conference focussing on increasing dialogue around six key themes: critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, disaster management and emergency planning, identity and access management, and maritime security and transportation security.

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My colleague, Frédéric Maurette, (Sr. Consultant, Lansdowne Technologies Inc.) brought to my attention U of T's new Centre for the Resilience of CI.

http://www.civil.engineering.utoronto.ca/research/rci/forum.htm

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities issued a Pre-Budget Consultation Statement, 'Securing our Foundations'. The FCM strongly recommends, as a solution to our infrastructure deficit, "long-term funding, better program design and greater cooperation among governments". An example of cooperation is to address strategic gaps in economic infrastructure and demonstrate tangible integration with PSC's National Security Policy in addressing core national security interests.

The PSC Daily Infrastructure Report is a compilation of summaries of publicly available emergency management information concerning critical infrastructure. Did you know that the DIR also provides access to surveys such as the Canadian Labour Force Survey?