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According to Section 10.14 of the Government Security Policy (revised February 2002):
Critical services and associated assets must remain available in order to assure the health, safety, security and economic well-being of Canadians, and the effective functioning of government. Departments must establish a business continuity planning program to provide for the continued availability of critical services and assets, and of other services and assets when warranted by a threat and risk assessment.
The Meteorological Service of Canada Weather Prediction Program has been identified as a government mission-critical system, and an audit of contingency plans for the program was included as part of the 2006-2007 Departmental Audit and Evaluation Plan for Environment Canada.