Also available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address:
http://www.parl.gc.caRECOMMENDATIONHer Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to establish the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and to amend or repeal certain Acts”.SUMMARYThis enactment establishes the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, who is appointed under the Great Seal, has the powers, duties and functions set out in the Act. The enactment also provides for the appointment of the Deputy Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.