CALGARY,
AB, May 1, 2024 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable
Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions
and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced a federal investment of
$10,740 to the Calgary Life Church
through the Security Infrastructure Program (SIP).
This investment enabled the Calgary Life Church to purchase and
install access control, motion detectors, door contacts, and glass
break detectors.
Since 2007, the Government of Canada has invested a total of $24.5 million in over 770 projects to help
Canadian communities at risk of hate-motivated crimes protect and
strengthen the security of their community centres, places of
worship and other institutions.
Quote(s)
"All Canadians deserve to feel safe in their community, no
matter their faith. We will keep working with community groups
across the country to bolster their security and ensure they can
live without fearing for their safety."
- The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety,
Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs
"We are thankful that the Canadian government recognizes the
positive impact that churches have on their surrounding
communities, and that it does its part to support churches and
other religious groups with funding to keep communities feeling
safe. Maintaining our freedom of religion and being able to
practice our faith in peace and safety is a huge value."
- Travis Broadhead, Office
Manager, Calgary Life Church
Quick Facts
- The SIP is designed to help communities at risk of
hate-motivated crime improve their security infrastructure, which
will help make Canada safer for
all Canadians.
- $15 million has been invested
through the SIP in over 600 projects.
- Funding is available to private not-for-profit organizations
linked to a community at risk of being victimized by hate-motivated
crime. Approved projects may receive up to 50% of total project
costs, to a maximum of $100,000 per
project.
- Interested organizations representing places of worship,
provincially and territorially recognized private educational
institutions, community centres and shelters serving victims of
gender-based violence can learn more about the SIP through Public
Safety Canada's website.
- In 2023-24, through the Expanded Security Infrastructure
Program (ESIP), the Government of Canada invested an additional $9.5 million in 173 projects.
- Organizations who become a victim of a significant and direct
hate-motivated crime against their facility may qualify for the
Severe Hate-Motivated Incident Support (SHMIS) stream, a
prioritized process to receive SIP funding that is accessible
outside the regular annual Call for Applications period. Interested
organizations can learn more about the SHMIS stream through Public
Safety Canada's website.
Associated Links
- Communities at Risk: Security Infrastructure Program
- Supporting communities at risk of hate-motivated crime through
an expanded Security Infrastructure Program
- Additional $5 million announced
to support communities at risk of hate-motivated crimes
SOURCE Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada