Northern Pipeline Agency Annual Report Discontinued
Order Directing that the Document Set Out in the Schedule be Discontinued: SI/2022-18
The Governor in Council directed that the Northern Pipeline Agency no longer must table its statutory annual report because it contains the same or less information than the Agency’s Departmental Results Report. The Departmental Results Report (a Part III Estimates document) will continue to be tabled in Parliament and serve as the Agency’s public reporting on its yearly performance.
- Published
- March 16, 2022
- Department
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- Section
- Order Directing that the Document Set Out in the Schedule be Discontinued
- Comment deadline
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- Effective date
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- Publication part
- Part II
Summary
Summary#
This is the Order Directing that the Document Set Out in the Schedule be Discontinued: SI/2022-18. It stops the separate annual report requirement for the Northern Pipeline Agency under the Northern Pipeline Act because the same information is already provided elsewhere. The Order was registered on March 16, 2022 (decision made March 3, 2022).
What it does#
- Cancels the legal requirement to table the Northern Pipeline Agency Annual Report (the report required by section 14 of the Northern Pipeline Act).
- Keeps the Agency’s existing reporting through its Departmental Results Report, which is tabled in Parliament as part of the government estimates process.
- Relies on the power in the Financial Administration Act (section 157) to discontinue documents that duplicate information already sent to Parliament.
- Notes that the Agency compared reports (including the 2019–2020 year) and committed to ensuring no loss of information from this change.
Who's affected#
- Northern Pipeline Agency — it no longer has to prepare a separate annual report for Parliament.
- Parliamentarians and staff who used that specific annual report — they will need to use the Departmental Results Report instead.
- Minister of Natural Resources and the Agency’s managers — they recommended and implemented the change.
- The general public and stakeholders who read federal agency reports — they should still be able to find the same information, but in a different document.
Why it matters#
- It reduces duplicate paperwork and can save time and money for the Agency.
- It keeps the same public information available, because the Departmental Results Report is intended to cover the Agency’s yearly performance.
- The move follows precedent: similar discontinuations have been made for other federal agencies (for example, the Canada Revenue Agency and Parks Canada Agency).
- If you relied on the old annual report, you may need to look at the Agency’s Departmental Results Report in future to find the same details.
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Source: Canada Gazette