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The '''Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness''' ('''OCIPEP''') is a Canadian government bureau that was created during [[Anne McLellan]]'s tenure at the [[Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness]] (PSEP).<ref name="doern05">{{cite book |last1=Doern |first1=G. Bruce |title=How Ottawa Spends, 2005–2006: Managing the Minority |date=2005 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cE5RBlL6r6UC&pg=PA81|pages=81–86|isbn=9780773573307 }}</ref>

In line with the April 2004 [[27th Canadian Ministry|Martin government]] policy document entitled ''[[Securing an Open Society: Canada's National Security Policy]]'', the OCIPEP was removed from the ambit of the [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]] into the PSP.<ref name="doern05"/>

==History==
Canada's civil defence measures evolved over time. As with many other matters in Canada, responsibility is shared between the federal and provincial government.<ref>{{cite book|title=An Emergency Management Framework for Canada Second Edition|url=https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/mrgnc-mngmnt-frmwrk/index-eng.aspx|website=Public Safety Canada|year=2011|publisher=Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada|accessdate=25 May 2015|isbn=978-1-100-17186-9}}</ref> The first post-WWII civil defence co-ordinator was appointed in October 1948 "to supervise the work of federal, provincial and municipal authorities in planning for public air-raid shelters, emergency food and medical supplies, and the evacuation of likely target areas".<ref name=canenccivdef>{{cite web|title=Civil Defence|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/civil-defence/|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|publisher=HISTORICA FOUNDATION|accessdate=25 May 2015}}</ref>

In 1959, the Government of Canada, under [[John Diefenbaker]] handed authority for civilian defense to the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO).<ref name=canenccivdef /> Large fallout shelters, known as "[[Diefenbunkers]]" were built at rural locations outside major cities across Canada at the height of the Cold War during the infancy of the ICBM threat.

The EMO then became Emergency Planning Canada in 1974, then Emergency Preparedness Canada in 1986. In February 2001, the Government replaced Emergency Preparedness with the  Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP), responsible for civilian emergency planning in both peace and war.<ref name=canenccivdef />

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