Discontinuation of CNSC and CER Annual Reports

Summary#

The Order in Council Directing that the Annual Report of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the Annual Report of the Canada Energy Regulator Board of Directors Be Discontinued: SI/2026-55 stops the separate annual reports of the two agencies from being tabled in Parliament. The change was registered in the Canada Gazette on October 7, 2026 (P.C. dated September 25, 2026) because those reports repeat information already provided elsewhere.

What it does#

• Removes the requirement for the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the Canada Energy Regulator Board of Directors to have their separate annual reports laid before both Houses of Parliament.
• Relies on the agencies’ existing Departmental Results Reports (which are tabled in Parliament) as the public record of their yearly performance.
• Is made under the Financial Administration Act, after officials compared the reports and found the annual reports contained the same or less information than the Departmental Results Reports.

Who's affected#

• The staff and leadership of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the Canada Energy Regulator — they will not prepare the separately tabled annual reports anymore.
• Parliamentary staff, researchers, and stakeholders who used those annual reports — they will now rely on the agencies’ Departmental Results Reports for the same information.
• Natural Resources Canada and the Treasury Board Secretariat, which were involved in the comparison and confirmation that information would not be lost.

Why it matters#

• It reduces duplicate reporting and aims to save time and resources inside the two agencies.
• The public and Parliament should still have access to the same information through the Departmental Results Reports, so no loss of transparency is expected.
• The change is essentially administrative: it streamlines paperwork rather than changing the agencies’ duties or oversight.