Canada’s upcoming wildfire season could be worse than last year, Sajjan warns
Provincial, territorial and federal emergency response ministers have wrapped up two days of meetings in Ottawa.
Harjit Sajjan in political news
Could Germany's volunteer-supported disaster relief model work in Canada?
Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says he's looking abroad for ideas as he works to create a national disaster relief agency.
Does Canada need a national emergency response agency?
The federal minister responsible for emergency preparedness hasn't ruled out the possibility of creating a national emergency response agency, which at least one expert says Canada desperately needs.
Sajjan says he relayed information on rescuing Sikhs in Afghanistan during chaotic fall of Kabul
Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan relayed information to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) about how to rescue Sikhs in Afghanistan while troops were trying to get Canadians out of Kabul as it was falling to the Taliban in August of 2021.
Ottawa turns to civilian first responders as another dire wildfire season approaches
Instead of sending in the troops to deal with what promises to be another dangerous wildfire season, Public Safety Canada is testing the capabilities of civilian-led first responders and relief providers.
Ottawa looks to launch national flood insurance program within 12 months
The federal government says the plan is to implement a long-promised national flood insurance program sometime next year, setting aside $15 million in the 2025-26 fiscal year in Tuesday’s budget.
Growing number of MPs, ministers assigned police protection details
A Conservative MP whose Toronto office was vandalized this week is among several federal politicians now under visible police protection on Parliament Hill.
Security and access cards, office key stolen in most recent theft of justice minister's vehicle
A number of government assets — including government employee security and entry passes and an office key — were stolen and were not recovered when the justice minister's government-issued vehicle was stolen in November 2023.
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