Program directory · Canada Energy Regulator
Regulatory Framework
- Department
- Canada Energy Regulator
- Program code
- BXT04 (NEB)
- Core responsibility
- Safety and Environment Oversight
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Canada Energy Regulator’s (CER) Regulatory Framework Program (Program) provides oversight and support to ensure the regulatory instruments used to execute our mandate (i.e., regulations and other statutory instruments, advisories and guidance products) continue to meet stated objectives. This includes key activities to monitor our policy context and liaise on parliamentary affairs, manage regulatory framework issues, conduct policy analysis and development, review and develop regulations, and support the development of regulatory guidance, and pursue cooperation activities to enhance collaboration with other regulators and to avoid or reduce duplication and overlap where possible. The Program delivers the functions of regulatory development, regulatory stock management and ongoing administration of the quality management system used by the CER to manage its regulatory framework.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regulatory Framework | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2017-18 – 2020-21 | $1M |
| Regulatory Framework | This program | 2019-20 – 2028-29 | $22.8M |
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Appears to replace Regulatory Framework | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Feedback obtained through engagement with those impacted by the CER’s Regulatory Framework indicates that the framework is robust, clear, transparent, coherent and consistent. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of recommendations following the program effectiveness review implemented within timelines.; Percentage of surveyed stakeholders that agree that regulatory requirements and expectations for regulated companies are clear. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Narrative evidence | 2023 | Target Met In 2022-23, the CER socialized the new Regulatory Framework measure internally, built and tested survey methodology, and deployed improved information on the Regulatory Framework to strengthen baseline understanding. A Regulated Industry Engagement survey was deployed after the end of fiscal, with 25 industry respondents: • A combined 92% agreed or were neutral that regulatory tools are easy to f… | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | Narrative evidence | 2024 | The Program deployed a public survey on the CER website (which remains active at the time of reporting). The program also sought feedback via a meeting with 1) the Land Matters Group for engagement on the Rules Review project (response indicated agreement that requirements work well together as a s… | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | Narrative evidence | 2025 | The program has developed a five-question survey, posted to the CER website. A custom Regulatory Framework Opinion survey for the Onshore Pipeline Regulations and Filing Manual Review was deployed twice during workshops and is available on the CER website. More than half agreed that requirements wo… The program has developed a five-question survey, posted to the CER website. A custom Regulatory Framework Opinion survey for the Onshore Pipeline Regulations and Filing Manual Review was deployed twice during workshops and is available on the CER website. More than half agreed that requirements work together well as a system and are applied consistently. Most respondents agree guidance is useful… | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 75% | 2020 | — Measures suspended pending Program Evaluation. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 75% | 2021 | — Suspended pending program design development. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 75% | 2022 | — Indicator suspended. A new indicator will be reported on in 2022-23. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 75% | 2020 | — Measures were suspended pending Program Evaluation. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 75% | 2021 | — Suspended pending program design development. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 75% | 2022 | — Indicator suspended. A new indicator will be reported on in 2022-23. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Narrative evidence | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $5.8M | $1.8M |
| 2020-21 | $3.9M | $4.7M |
| 2021-22 | $3.4M | $3.5M |
| 2022-23 | $3.4M | $3.5M |
| 2023-24 | $3.4M | $3.3M |
| 2024-25 | $3.4M | $6M |
| 2025-26 | $4.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $6M | — |
| 2027-28 | $4.4M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $3.1M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 27 | 22 |
| 2020-21 | 24 | 30 |
| 2021-22 | 22 | 21 |
| 2022-23 | 20 | 20 |
| 2023-24 | 20 | 18 |
| 2024-25 | 20 | 19 |
| 2025-26 | 20 | — |
| 2026-27 | 28 | — |
| 2027-28 | 27* | — |
| 2028-29 | 24* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $5,751,741 | $3,975,491 | $3,975,498 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $3,861,066 | $3,970,511 | $2,707,480 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $3,381,720 | $3,147,105 | $2,821,054 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $3,395,258 | $3,044,778 | $3,044,778 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $3,400,782 | $3,400,782 | $3,400,782 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $3,395,017 | $3,372,312 | $3,359,798 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $4,541,915 | $5,541,709 | $4,478,083 | |||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $5,963,646 | $4,402,342 | $3,093,546 | |||||||
| Actual | $1,791,352 | $4,715,500 | $3,512,338 | $3,536,401 | $3,257,238 | $5,997,311 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
