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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DIR10-095 - May 18, 2010

News

Governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island invest in highway expansion  
On May 17, the governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island announced the start of upgrades and expansion on the Charlottetown Perimeter Highway. This stretch of highway will be expanded from a two-lane cross-section to four lanes. It will improve safety and the efficient movement of people and goods. Federal and provincial governments announced up to $6.5 million in funding to support this highway expansion project. The Government of Canada is contributing up to $3.25 million under the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, alongside a matching contribution from the Province of Prince Edward Island through Build PEI. The Infrastructure Stimulus Fund invests in construction-ready infrastructure projects that can be completed by March 31, 2011.
Source article – Government of Prince Edward Island, May 17, 2010

Government of Canada and City of Chatham announce funding for new wastewater plant in Windsor
On May 14, FCM Green Municipal Fund and the City of Chatham announced loan and grant contributions of $2.4 million to the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. The municipality will use the funds towards the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant at Ridgetown, which will improve treatment capacity and discharge quality. The new plant will provide for an increase in treatment capacity of 50% and will allow for further expansion in the future. It will have a new raw sewage pump station, will adapt two of the existing lagoon cells to store biosolids, will handle excess water and will shut down the lagoon cells that are no longer needed. It will also provide a third level of water treatment using sand filters and UV disinfection, which replaces the use of chemicals and eliminates released chlorine.
Source article – FCM Green Municipal Fund, May 14, 2010

Government of Manitoba announces upgrades to ambulances
On May 14, the Government of Manitoba announced that all ambulances in the provincial fleet are being fitted with automated vehicle location (AVL) units, a $550,000-investment to improve central dispatching and support timely patient care. The new system will connect all provincial ambulances with central dispatching services at the Medical Transportation Co-ordination Centre (MTCC) in Brandon. The units provide real-time data back to MTCC including the location of all units, speed, direction, fuel consumption, mileage and whether lights and sirens are in use. This information will be used for better management and will help identify strategic investments for the fleet. There are currently 164 ambulances in the provincial fleet. Over the next year, another 9 new vehicles will be added to the fleet and fitted with an AVL unit.
Source article – Government of Manitoba, May 14, 2010

Government of Canada announces regulations to improve safety of water transportation
On May 17, Transport Canada announced new Small Vessel Regulations to help improve public safety on the water. The updated Small Vessel Regulations now include new requirements for safety equipment and operational safety practices on small commercial vessels such as tour boats, work boats and human-powered vessels. These regulatory changes are in line with the objectives of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 and modernize the requirements governing the safety of small vessels.
Source article – Transport Canada, May 17, 2010

Concerns about Europe’s economy affect Toronto stock market 
To update from Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR10-088, media reported that fears about the effects of a European government debt crisis leading to a severe economic downturn sent the Toronto stock market tumbling on May 17. The S&P /TSX composite index dropped 201.97 points to 11,813 in a broad-based selloff. The TSX Venture Exchange was down 38.44 points to 1,554.67.
Source article - CTV, May 17, 2010
Source article – cyberpresse.ca, May 17, 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.