Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report

The Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report is a compilation of summaries of publicly available emergency management information concerning critical infrastructure.

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News | Cyber tracking | Relevant links | Note to readers

DIR10-087 - May 6, 2010

News

Government of Canada announces funding for Emergency Preparedness  
On May 5, the Government of Canada, during National Emergency Preparedness Week, announced combined funding of $8 million to the provinces and territories to support emergency preparedness through the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP) and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR). Over 400 projects across the country will benefit from this federal funding for the fiscal year 2010-2011. It will allow for the purchase of emergency response equipment such as radios and other telecommunications, emergency generators, computer software, thermal imaging cameras, and decontamination showers. Funding is also being dedicated to emergency training and planning exercises.
Source article – Public Safety Canada, May 5, 2010

Health Canada updates on recall of Children and Infant's Motrin and Tylenol products
On May 4, Health Canada announced that it is updating Canadians on its completed risk assessment about recalled products of Children and Infant's Motrin and Tylenol products by McNeil Consumer Healthcare. The department's assessment concurs with statements issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and McNeil Consumer Healthcare that the probability of a serious adverse reaction associated with the affected recalled products is very low. McNeil Consumer Healthcare is advising Canadians who have purchased these recalled products to discontinue use. Health Canada is continuing to work with the U.S. FDA in reviewing McNeil Consumer Healthcare's corrective actions.
Source article – Health Canada, May 4, 2010.

Unrest of Greece affects Canadian financial markets
CTV reported that the Toronto stock market closed sharply lower on May 5 for a second session of trading amid growing concerns that the Greek debt crisis will spread to other southern European countries such as Portugal and Spain. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 155.73 points at 11,875.13, on top of a 166-point slide on May 4.
Source article – CTV, May 5, 2010

Cyber tracking

CCIRC security publications
Over the course of the past 24 hours, CCIRC has not released any security publications.

CCIRC provides a list of recent and archived security publications.

Threat and vulnerability monitoring
CCIRC has not detected any new significant threats or vulnerabilities. Personnel responsible for information, systems and network security should continue to monitor and apply appropriate security precautions.

Relevant links

Below are links to sites related to Canada’s critical infrastructure.

Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Health Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
Health Canada

Disease Outbreak News
World Health Organization

Travel Health Notices
Public Health Agency of Canada

Transportation - Safety
Transport Canada

Travel Reports and Warnings
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Weather warnings for Canada
Environment Canada

Earthquakes
Earthquakes Canada

Hurricanes
Canadian Hurricane Centre

Hurricanes
U.S. National Hurricane Center

News Releases
Infrastructure Canada

 
 

Note to readers

Public Safety Canada collects information related to cyber and physical threats to, and events concerning, Canadian critical infrastructure. This allows Public Safety Canada to monitor and analyze threats and to issue alerts, advisories and other information products.

Links to sites not under the control of the Government of Canada are provided solely for the convenience of users. The Government of Canada is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The Government of Canada does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their content.

Public Safety Canada respects the Official Languages Act and is committed to ensuring that information products are available in both English and French. However, users should be aware that some links direct users to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the Official Languages Act and that these sources are only available in the language in which they are written.