Federal government discontinues the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization's standalone annual report to Parliament

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A new Order in Council directs that the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization (CASDO) no longer needs to table a separate annual report before both Houses of Parliament. The government's stated basis is that the report duplicates information already available in the Public Accounts or departmental spending estimates submitted to Parliament. Going forward, accountability information about CASDO will be found only in those existing parliamentary documents rather than in a dedicated annual report. Organizations that relied on that annual report for transparency data on CASDO's activities should look to the Public Accounts and Main/Supplementary Estimates instead.

Who this affects: Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization · federal Parliament and parliamentary committees · disability advocacy organizations and researchers · regulated entities monitoring CASDO activities