The Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (which includes the former Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness) has, among its mandates two key responsibilities: to provide national leadership of a new, modern and comprehensive approach to protecting Canada's critical infrastructure - the key physical and cyber components of the Energy and Utilities, Communications and Information Technology, Finance, Health Care, Food, Water, Transportation, Safety, Government, and Manufacturing; and to be the government's primary agency for ensuring national civil emergency preparedness - for all types of emergencies.
señala que, debido a su legitimidad democrática, los entes locales y regionales y sus asociaciones son claramente diferentes de los grupos de presión comerciales y de los grupos de interés especialesUN-2 UN-2