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CRTC consults to help improve Canada's public alerting system
CANADA, JUL 15 – The CRTC seeks public input to enhance emergency alert accessibility and language inclusivity across Canada, with comments open until mid-October 2025.
- Today, the CRTC is initiating a public consultation to explore enhancements to Canada’s emergency alert system used to notify citizens about urgent situations.
- This consultation follows recent concerns raised by emergencies like the February B.C. earthquake, which highlighted issues in alert consistency and timing.
- The CRTC aims to enhance alert accessibility, including broader language availability, reviewing distribution methods, and addressing wireless and disability access gaps.
- Data from Nextdoor shows roughly 86% of Canadians want substantial crisis notification updates, while Nextdoor partnered this week with Samdesk to deliver timely emergency alerts.
- The consultation accepts public feedback until October 14, 2025, supporting efforts to modernize alerts and protect Canadians in both urban and rural areas.
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Winnipeg Free Press
CRTC to look into improving Canada’s public alerting system in new consultation
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CRTC consults to help improve Canada's public alerting system
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Experts are trying to refine emergency alerts, as the GTA experienced some of the worst air quality in the world this week. Data released by the Ontario-based community platform Nextdoor showed that roughly 86 per cent of Canadians want to see substantial overhauls in crisis notifications in the years ahead. In Ontario alone, substantial events, such as last summer’s flooding throughout the GTA and this summer’s ongoing air quality crisis due to…
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CRTC probing how to get emergency alerts to underserved areas
By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC is probing how to get emergency alerts to areas that do not have at least LTE/4G networks. The commission is contemplating broadening the distribution of these alerts on 3G networks and is floating the creation and operation of a downloadable national mobile application. The current system broadcasts the alerts on... Read more »
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