{"id":17267,"date":"2026-09-22T12:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nsira-ossnr.gc.ca\/?page_id=17267"},"modified":"2026-09-22T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:47:26","slug":"notification-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nsira-ossnr.gc.ca\/en\/reviews\/find-a-review\/26-07\/notification-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Departmental Activity Review of the Canada Border Services Agency: Notification Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"hero-banner-post\" style=\"background: url(\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reviews-Banner-2.jpg); background-size: cover; background-position: center; border-style: solid; border-width: 0 0 10px 0; border-color: #eeeeee; padding: 50px 0;\">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-row\">\n            <div id=\"col-gm55631e\" class=\"text-center wp-block-gutentor-m4-col col-gm55631e gutentor-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-12 grid-12 mrgn-tp-md mrgn-bttm-md\">\n                <div id=\"section-gm55631e\" class=\"section-gm55631e gutentor-col-wrap\">\n                    <!-- Page Title (Parent page title dynamically added) -->\n                    <h1 style=\"font-size: 2.25em; border:none;\" class=\"has-text-color has-white-color mrgn-tp-md wp-block-post-title\">\n                        Departmental Activity Review of the Canada Border Services Agency                    <\/h1>\n\n                    <hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\">\n\n                    <!-- Dynamically Display the Page Type (e.g., Notification Letter, Report, etc.) -->\n                                            <h2 class=\"has-text-color has-white-color\" style=\"font-size: 1.5em; margin-top: 20px;\">\n                            Notification Letter                        <\/h2>\n                    \n                    <!-- Here you could add other content like buttons or additional text if needed -->\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"gm3000c49\" class=\"section-gm3000c49 gutentor-module gutentor-advanced-columns wp-block-gutentor-m4\"><div class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4 grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<section id=\"col-gmbde81d\" class=\"col-gmbde81d wp-block-gutentor-m4-col grid-lg-12 grid-md-12 grid-12 content-body gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-12  grid-md-12  grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gmbde81d\" class=\"section-gmbde81d gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<section id=\"g-5h9kwvd\" class=\"section-g-5h9kwvd gutentor-module gutentor-advanced-columns wp-block-gutentor-m4\"><div class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4 grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<section id=\"col-g-rsf0tah\" class=\"col-g-rsf0tah wp-block-gutentor-m4-col grid-lg-10 grid-md-12 grid-12 grid-lg-8 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-8  grid-md-12  grid-12\"><div id=\"section-g-rsf0tah\" class=\"section-g-rsf0tah gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 29, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"col-g-r7hxgf7\" class=\"col-g-r7hxgf7 wp-block-gutentor-m4-col grid-lg-2 grid-md-12 grid-12 grid-lg-4 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-4  grid-md-12  grid-12\"><div id=\"section-g-r7hxgf7\" class=\"section-g-r7hxgf7 gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NSIRA Review File Number<\/strong>:<strong> 26-07<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"g-7607a7m\" class=\"section-g-7607a7m gutentor-module gutentor-advanced-columns wp-block-gutentor-m4\"><div class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4 grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<section id=\"col-g-7u22279\" class=\"col-g-7u22279 wp-block-gutentor-m4-col grid-lg-12 grid-md-12 grid-12 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-12  grid-md-12  grid-12\"><div id=\"section-g-7u22279\" class=\"section-g-7u22279 gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<p class=\"mrgn-bttm-0 wp-block-paragraph\">The Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, P.C., K.C., M.P.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mrgn-bttm-0 wp-block-paragraph\">Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public Safety Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mrgn-bttm-0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subject<\/strong>: Notification of NSIRA\u2019s Departmental Activity Review of the Canada Border Services Agency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Minister Anandasangaree,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am writing on behalf of the Members of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) to inform you that NSIRA has initiated a Departmental Activity Review (DAR) of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This review is being conducted pursuant to paragraph 8(1)(b) of the <em>National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act (NSIRA Act)<\/em>. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DAR model is similar to the Annual Review of Select Canadian Security Intelligence Service Activities previously conducted by NSIRA. The CBSA DAR will serve to provide NSIRA with foundational information about the national security and intelligence functions of the CBSA, which can then inform future dedicated reviews of specific activities. In addition, these annual reviews provide an opportunity to verify, on a select basis, the implementation of previous NSIRA recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NSIRA will engage with your officials regarding this review. As the review progresses, NSIRA\u2019s 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. As part of the review process, NSIRA will seek and receive responses to any recommendations included in its report. NSIRA\u2019s expectations for responsiveness are available online at <a href=\"https:\/\/nsira-ossnr.gc.ca\">https:\/\/nsira-ossnr.gc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thank you in advance for your cooperation and support to the independent review process, which is key to transparency and democratic accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sincerely,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Honourable Marie Deschamps, C.C.&nbsp;<br>Chair, National Security and Intelligence Review Agency<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Erin O&#8217;Gorman, President, Canada Border Services Agency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3255,"parent":17266,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-nsira-subpages.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17267","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - 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