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National Defence
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- provides defence of country
- deployed overseas to advance and protect Canadian values and interests
- responsible for JTF2, a high-readiness counter-terrorism unit that rescues hostages or undertakes other action required in response to a terrorist incident
- maintains a chemical-biological-nuclear company to respond to attacks against Canada
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- Communications Security Establishment
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- collects and analyzes foreign signal intelligence
- helps ensure the federal government's own telecommunications are secure
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- Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness
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- provides national leadership to protect Canada's physical and cyber infrastructure against threats (natural disaster or purposeful attack)
- ensures civil emergency preparedness
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Solicitor General Canada |
- oversees public safety and provides policy direction to its agencies
- responsible for the National Counter-Terrorism Plan, which outlines roles and responsibilities for managing terrorist incidents
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- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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- enforces federal laws as Canada's national police service
- provides contract policing to most provinces, the three northern territories, many municipalities, and First Nations communities
- provides forensic services and criminal intelligence to Canadian and foreign police
- responsible for primary investigation of criminal offences related to terrorism and espionage
- protects Governor General, Prime Minister, and visiting foreign dignitaries
- provides on-board security on selected civil airline flights
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- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
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- investigates, analyzes, and advises government departments and agencies on potential threats to Canada's national security
- investigates political violence and terrorism, espionage and sabotage, and foreign-influenced activities detrimental to Canadian national interests, such as interference with ethnic communities in Canada
- provides security assessments for all federal government personnel requiring a security clearance (except the RCMP); transportation workers; and immigration, citizenship, and refugee applicants
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
- manages day-to-day conduct of relations with foreign states and peoples
- protects Canadians and Canadian government facilities abroad
- handles terrorism incidents abroad involving Canadians
- manages such issues as the expulsion of foreign diplomats from Canada for security reasons
- through its Security and Intelligence Bureau provides Minister with foreign intelligence to support policy and operational decisions and advises Minister on intelligence activities
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Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada |
- receives, collects, and analyzes transaction reports, provided by financial institutions, financial intermediaries, the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, and others
- discloses relevant information to law enforcement agencies, where appropriate
- Anti-terrorism Act required disclosure of information to CSIS where there are reasonable grounds to suspect it is relevant to a threat to the security of Canada
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada |
- ensures immigrants and visitors do not represent a risk
- deals with people-smuggling, organized crime, terrorism, war crimes, and crimes against humanity
- protects Canada as a border security agency
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Canada Customs and Revenue Agency |
- enforces border, tax, and trade laws and regulations
- protects Canada as a border security agency
- responsible for helping fulfill Canada's obligation regarding illegal export of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons or compounds
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
- delivers all federal food inspection, animal health, and plant protection measures
- protects Canada as a border security agency
- responds to biological outbreaks of pests and diseases in plants and animals
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Transport Canada |
- sets and enforces security standards for air, land, and water transportation systems
- evaluates information from the security and intelligence community
- directs the transportation industry to take appropriate action to deal with threats
- assists emergency response personnel in handling dangerous goods emergencies
- responsible for overall transportation security policy and regulations but relies on others, including marine and airport authorities, to ensure transportation system is secure
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Canadian Air Transport Security Authority |
- screens air transport passengers and their belongings prior to boarding
- screens checked baggage
- provides on-board security for selected flights under a contract with the RCMP
- provides federal financial support to local airport operators for airport policing related to aviation security
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
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- conducts dual-use maritime surveillance to enforce fishing regulations and to support other security operations
- provides control of vessel traffic
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- operates Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, which co-ordinates public health security in Canada
- lead department on bio-terrorism, develops and maintains emergency response plans
- manages the Global Public Health Intelligence Network, which identifies disease outbreaks around the world
- manages the National Emergency Services Stockpile system, which includes pharmaceuticals necessary to treat people exposed to biological agents
- maintains equipment and supplies for 165 "field hospitals" with 200 beds each
- operates the National Microbiology Lab, Canada's first Level 4 lab
- lead department for the Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan
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Natural Resources Canada |
- regulates the security of energy pipelines through the National Energy Board, and explosives, nuclear energy, and materials through the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- complies with its security regime for nuclear facilities and other nuclear activities including armed response at power stations against penetration
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