CANALERT
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CANALERT was one of the names for the Government of Canada
's series of initiatives between 2003–2009 to develop an all-channel national public alerting system. Work began on CANALERT in 2003 with the First Canadian Public Alerting Forum and Workshop and continued with another forum in 2005. Industry Canada
was the lead federal agency for this initiative and worked closely with provincial and territorial
governments to define guidelines, procedures, and protocols, including a Canadian profile for the Common Alerting Protocol
(CAP) standard for exchanging alert messaging across communications technologies.
In June 2009, Pelmorex
was granted permission by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to develop and maintain the National Alert Aggregration & Dissemination (NAAD) System, effectively putting an end to CANALERT and its successor project NPAS.
If it had become operational as intended, it would have been the first federal government operated national public alerting system in Canada since the demise of the National Attack Warning Siren System (NAWSS) in the late 1980s.
Government of Canada
The Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council...
's series of initiatives between 2003–2009 to develop an all-channel national public alerting system. Work began on CANALERT in 2003 with the First Canadian Public Alerting Forum and Workshop and continued with another forum in 2005. Industry Canada
Industry Canada
Industry Canada is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for regional economic development, investment, and innovation/research and development. The department employs 6104 FTEs across Canada....
was the lead federal agency for this initiative and worked closely with provincial and territorial
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
governments to define guidelines, procedures, and protocols, including a Canadian profile for the Common Alerting Protocol
Common Alerting Protocol
The Common Alerting Protocol is an XML-based data format for exchanging public warnings and emergencies between alerting technologies. CAP allows a warning message to be consistently disseminated simultaneously over many warning systems to many applications...
(CAP) standard for exchanging alert messaging across communications technologies.
In June 2009, Pelmorex
Pelmorex
Pelmorex Media Inc. is a Canadian broadcast group. The company operates the broadcasting licence for The Weather Network and its French sister station, MétéoMédia. The Weather Network and MétéoMédia are Canada’s only 24-hour national specialty television networks devoted to weather reporting...
was granted permission by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to develop and maintain the National Alert Aggregration & Dissemination (NAAD) System, effectively putting an end to CANALERT and its successor project NPAS.
If it had become operational as intended, it would have been the first federal government operated national public alerting system in Canada since the demise of the National Attack Warning Siren System (NAWSS) in the late 1980s.
External links
- Industry Canada's public alerting website
- http://alerts.pelmorex.com/en/