Canada Test 24
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Public Safety Canada is the federal department responsible for coordinating Canada's national security and emergency management activities across the federal government and with provincial, territorial, municipal, and international partners, providing policy leadership and coordination rather than direct operational response in most areas of its mandate. The emergency management function of Public Safety Canada is structured around four pillars of prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, reflecting a comprehensive approach to managing the full cycle of emergencies from reducing risk before events occur through to restoring affected communities to normal conditions after a disaster. The Federal Emergency Response Plan establishes the framework through which the federal government coordinates its response to major emergencies affecting Canada or requiring federal assistance, with Government Operations Centre operating as the hub for federal emergency monitoring and coordination on a continuous basis. Financial assistance to provinces and territories affected by major natural disasters is provided through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements, a program through which the federal government shares the costs of disaster recovery with provinces and territories when the financial burden of a disaster exceeds a specified threshold relative to the affected province's population. Critical infrastructure protection involves identifying and assessing risks to the sectors of the economy that are essential to the functioning of Canadian society, including energy, finance, transportation, health, food, and communications, and working with owners and operators to implement security measures that reduce vulnerability to deliberate attacks and natural hazards. The national crime prevention strategy, corrections policy, and border security policy are additional areas within Public Safety Canada's policy portfolio, with the department providing the overall policy framework within which the RCMP, the CBSA, and Correctional Service Canada carry out their respective operational mandates.