Annual parliamentary reports from Canada's nuclear and energy regulators are discontinued

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The federal government has ordered that two annual reports previously required to be tabled in Parliament are discontinued: the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's annual report and the Canada Energy Regulator Board of Directors' annual report. The stated reason is that both reports contained the same or less information than what is already published in the Public Accounts or federal spending estimates. Organizations, advocates, and parliamentarians who relied on these standalone reports as a source of information about the CNSC and CER Board will need to turn instead to the Public Accounts and estimates documents for equivalent data. There is no change to the underlying regulatory mandates of either body — only the separate reporting obligation to Parliament is removed.

Who this affects
nuclear industry stakeholders · energy sector participants · parliamentary committees · policy researchers and advocates · federal accountability officers