It is essential for businesses to adopt an effective response strategy in order to minimize the repercussions of a major disaster on the health of the population and on their economic activities.

In the case of a pandemic, a continuity plan enables evaluation of the risks linked to absenteeism, supply breakdowns, production losses, declining sales and potential border closings, and allows solutions to be found. Thorough preparation can lessen the negative impacts of such a catastrophe or of other major disasters that might occur.

The ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation invites all businesses, especially those that supply essential goods and services to the general public, to adopt a business continuity plan.