January 23, 2026
Subject: Notification of NSIRA’s Review of the Government of Canada Institutions’ Disclosures of Information Under the Security of Canada Information Disclosure Act in 2025
Dear Ministers,
I am writing on behalf of the Members of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) to inform you that NSIRA has initiated its annual review of the Government of Canada institutions’ disclosures of information under the Security of Canada Information Disclosure Act (SCIDA) for 2025.
This review is being conducted pursuant to paragraph 8(1)(a), 8(1)(b), and subsection 39(1) of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act (NSIRA Act). The NSIRA Act grants NSIRA full and timely access to all information held by reviewed departments and agencies, including classified and privileged information, with the exception of Cabinet confidences.
NSIRA will engage with your officials regarding this review. As the review progresses, NSIRA’s review team will be in regular contact with them with requests for information. Such requests may involve documents, system access, written explanations, briefings, interviews, surveys, and any other information that NSIRA determines to be of relevance to this review. This review may also include independent inspections of some technical systems. NSIRA’s expectations for responsiveness are available online at https://nsira-ossnr.gc.ca.
We would also like to take this opportunity to remind departments of their obligation, under subsection 9(3) of the SCIDA, to provide NSIRA with copies of records prepared under subsections 9(1) or 9(2) of that Act to NSIRA within 30 days after the end of the calendar year; that is, by January 30, 2026.
We request that these records be provided to the attention of The Honourable Marie Deschamps, NSIRA’s Chair, via the NSIRA Leadership Mailbox (leadership@nsira-ossnr.gc.ca) or CTSN.
I thank you in advance for your cooperation and support to the independent review process, which is key to transparency and democratic accountability.
Sincerely,
The Honourable Marie Deschamps, C.C.
Chair, National Security and Intelligence Review Agency
Dist.
- The Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence
- The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue
- The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- The Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health
- The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry
- The Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety
- The Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Transport
- The Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
cc
- General M.A.J. Jennie Carignan, Chief of the Defence Staff
- Christiane Fox, Deputy Minister, National Defence
- Caroline Xavier, Chief, Communications Security Establishment
- Nick Leswick, Deputy Minister, Finance
- David Morrison, Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs
- Shalene Curtis-Micallef, Deputy Minister, Health
- Paul Mackinnon, President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Nancy Hamzawi, President, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- Philip Jennings, Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development
- Erin O’Gorman, President, Canada Border Services Agency
- Dan Rogers, Director, Canadian Security and Intelligence Service
- Michael Robert Duheme, Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Tricia Geddes, Deputy Minister, Public Safety
- Arun Thangaraj, Deputy Minister, Transport Canada
- Pierre Tremblay, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Bob Hamilton, Commissioner, Canada Revenue Agency
- Sarah Paquet, Director, Financial Transactions and Analysis Centre of Canada