Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report
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DIR10-127 - July 5, 2010
News
Balanced Refugee Reform Act receives Royal Assent
Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced that Bill C-11, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act, was passed by the Senate on June 28 and received Royal Assent on June 29. Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, stated that “these reforms would lead to faster protection for victims of torture and persecution, and faster removal of failed asylum claimants including those who try to abuse Canada’s generosity.” Minister Kenney also highlighted the new fast-track tools included in the Act, which would allow the government to accelerate the treatment of asylum claims for nationals of designated countries, and individuals whose claims are clearly fraudulent.
Source article – Citizenship and Immigration Canada, June 29, 2010
Public Health to Study Flu Pandemic Pregnancies
The National Post reported on July 2 that the Public Health Agency of Canada is commissioning a $500,000 study to track possible long-term effects of last year’s H1N1 flu and associated vaccine and anti-viral medicine on women who were expecting to give birth during the pandemic and the children born to them since. The Government of Canada is funding a University of Toronto-led study that will follow a group of women in six provinces who were pregnant during the pandemic. Researchers will track their children’s developmental progress until the age of six months. For reasons not completely understood, pregnant women were particularly susceptible to becoming seriously ill from the H1N1 virus, with about 250 ending up in hospital, and four dying.
Source article – National Post, July 2, 2010
Threat of West Nile Has Fallen Steadily
On July 4, The Vancouver Sun reported that according to the data from the Public Health Agency of Canada, West Nile virus transmission in Canada is showing huge decreases. There were 2,353 clinical cases in 2007, dropping to 36 in 2008 and just eight last year. Twenty per cent of those infected develop fever, headache and rashes, but most have no idea they have the disease. It is hard to predict how many cases will arrive this year.
Source article - Vancouver Sun, July 4, 2010
Tornado hit First Nation reserve in Saskatchewan
On July 4, CBC reported that a tornado touched down on July 2 in the Kawacatoose First Nation, 200 kilometers southeast of Saskatoon. Fifteen houses were destroyed and several others damaged, leaving 70 people homeless. The province of Saskatchewan has declared the community a disaster area. According Environment Canada, the tornado was likely to be of the F3 type on the Fujita tornado damage scale with wind speeds estimated at 300 kilometers per hour.
Source article – CBC, July 4, 2010
Public Safety Canada Geomatics provides a map of the affected areas
Flooding in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
On July 5, media reported that the Assiniboine River continues to rise in Brandon and severe flooding has forced dozens of people from their homes on the Peguis First Nation reserve north of Winnipeg. Over 70 people have left their homes in the last two days and have been taken to hotels in Winnipeg. Chief Glenn Hudson has requested provincial assistance, as water has flooded roads and many homes are without electricity. The Manitoba Water Stewardship has raised its flood forecasts for the Assiniboine River valley from Shellmouth to Brandon due to heavy rain in eastern Saskatchewan since July 1st. In Saskatchewan, the City of Yorkton is now on recovery status since the serious flooding of the previous days which caused significant damage and displaced 160 people. Provincial government agencies are continuing to provide assistance.
Source article – Winnipeg Free Press, July 5, 2010
Source article – Leader-Post, July 5, 2010
Public Safety Canada Geomatics provides a map of the affected areas
Cyber tracking
CCIRC security publications
Over the course of the past 72 hours, CCIRC has not released any security publications.
CCIRC provides a list of recent and archived security publications.
Threat and vulnerability monitoring
CCIRC is currently tracking the following computer-based threats and vulnerabilities for relevant impact on Canadian critical infrastructure. 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
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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.
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