Witnesses: From Health Canada: Marie Fortier, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Consultation Branch and Assistant Deputy Minister, Home Care Development; Abby Hoffman, Director general, Health Policy and Information Directorate; Phyllis Colvin, Director, Health Policy Division, Policy and Consultation Branch; Frank Fedyk, Director, Health System and Policy Division, Policy and Consultation Branch; Richard Jock, Director General, Program Policy and Planning Division, Medical Services Branch; Robert S. Lafleur, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services Branch; Pauline Bissonnette, Director, Planning, Analysis and Reporting Divis ...[+++]ion, Departmental Planning and Financial Administration, Corporate Services Branch.

The deputy chief of the defence staff is responsible for planning the operations that may be necessary to help the civil power, and then the office of the new co-ordinator for Y2K contingency planning is responsible for making sure the defence department's plans fit in with those of all government departments.

‘maritime spatial planning’ means a process by which the relevant Member State’s authorities analyse and organise human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives.

As mentioned in the report, those programs are the United States department of agriculture, the USDA rural housing service, the United States department of energy, both the office of energy efficiency and conservation block grants and also the state energy program, the U.S. department of housing and urban development, the office of community, planning and development, both the community development block grants recovery and the public housing capital fund, and the U.S. environmental protection agency, clean water and drinking water state revolving funds.

It is a continuing cycle of problem analysis, planning and programming, implementation, monitoring, progress assessment, and evaluation that builds on accumulated knowledge and experience, ensuring that new policy approaches learn from past performance, and recognises the need for long term vision in policy making.

The major activities include preliminary assessment; a functional inventory; a risk analysis; contingency planning in accordance with the risk analysis; testing of continuity procedures, including backup systems and backup supply; and contingency preparation, which includes training of staff in contingency procedures.