(a) the regulation or prohibition of travel to, from or within any specified area, where necessary for the protection of the health or safety of individuals (2) A declaration of a public welfare emergency expires at the end of ninety days unless the declaration is previously revoked or continued in accordance with this Act.Ĩ (1) While a declaration of a public welfare emergency is in effect, the Governor in Council may make such orders or regulations with respect to the following matters as the Governor in Council believes, on reasonable grounds, are necessary for dealing with the emergency: (c) if the direct effects of the emergency do not extend to the whole of Canada, the area of Canada to which the direct effects of the emergency extend.ħ (1) A declaration of a public welfare emergency is effective on the day on which it is issued, but a motion for confirmation of the declaration shall be laid before each House of Parliament and be considered in accordance with section 58. (b) the special temporary measures that the Governor in Council anticipates may be necessary for dealing with the emergency and
(a) concisely the state of affairs constituting the emergency (2) A declaration of a public welfare emergency shall specify Marginal note:Declaration of a public welfare emergencyĦ (1) When the Governor in Council believes, on reasonable grounds, that a public welfare emergency exists and necessitates the taking of special temporary measures for dealing with the emergency, the Governor in Council, after such consultation as is required by section 14, may, by proclamation, so declare. (b) disease in human beings, animals or plants, orĪnd that results or may result in a danger to life or property, social disruption or a breakdown in the flow of essential goods, services or resources, so serious as to be a national emergency. ( sinistre) Declaration of a Public Welfare Emergency (a) fire, flood, drought, storm, earthquake or other natural phenomenon, Public welfare emergency means an emergency that is caused by a real or imminent
PART I Public Welfare Emergency Interpretationĥ In this Part, declaration of a public welfare emergencyĭeclaration of a public welfare emergency means a proclamation issued pursuant to subsection 6(1) ( déclaration de sinistre) public welfare emergency (b) providing for the detention, imprisonment or internment of Canadian citizens or permanent residents within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability. (a) altering the provisions of this Act or
(b) seriously threatens the ability of the Government of Canada to preserve the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of CanadaĪnd that cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada.Ĥ Nothing in this Act shall be construed or applied so as to confer on the Governor in Council the power to make orders or regulations
(a) seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians and is of such proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it, or (2) For greater certainty, nothing in this Act derogates from the authority of the Government of Canada to deal with emergencies on any property, territory or area in respect of which the Parliament of Canada has jurisdiction.ģ For the purposes of this Act, a national emergency is an urgent and critical situation of a temporary nature that Application and ConstructionĢ (1) This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province. NOW THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: Short Titleġ This Act may be cited as the Emergencies Act. WHEREAS the safety and security of the individual, the protection of the values of the body politic and the preservation of the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of the state are fundamental obligations of government ĪND WHEREAS the fulfilment of those obligations in Canada may be seriously threatened by a national emergency and, in order to ensure safety and security during such an emergency, the Governor in Council should be authorized, subject to the supervision of Parliament, to take special temporary measures that may not be appropriate in normal times ĪND WHEREAS the Governor in Council, in taking such special temporary measures, would be subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Bill of Rights and must have regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, particularly with respect to those fundamental rights that are not to be limited or abridged even in a national emergency
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