I wouldn't worry too much about this just yet. In Canada, dealing with a major emergency has always been, overwhelmingly, the premise of provincial emergency measures organizations, most of which contain at least some number of ex-military types, and usually work quite closely with the G3 branch of the nearest Land Force Area HQ. Emergency Preparedeness Canada (later OCIPEP) was IMHO largely regarded by the provinces as a bit-player that brought very little to the table and was mostly not taken seriously. AFAIK it had no real power, and all of the resources for response were either already controlled at provincial or municipal level or by other Fed Depts and agencies like RCMP and the CF. During planning for Op ABACUS, (Y2K) for example, EPC was intentionally marginalized and the CF took much of the lead, because we had the planning and coordination capability. So, I'm not sure that we have actually lost anything by this.
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