The CNSC is an independent, quasi-judicial administrative tribunal. It regulates all things nuclear in Canada including uranium mining, nuclear fuel fabrication, nuclear reactors and power plants, the production and use of medical isotopes, and the decommissioning and remediation of nuclear sites.

41. Observes that support for legislative reforms is one of the most common pre-accession projects; notes that institutional frameworks are now in line with European standards, but is concerned that the sustainability of those changes in laws and frameworks in candidate and potential candidate countries is at risk due to the lack of an overall strategy as noted by external evaluators; notes in particular that bylaws and complementary regulations are often missing, changes in roles and responsibilities are not made clear, and staff are not properly trained and thus cannot apply the new laws as intended; insists that support for judiciary reform and the fight against corruption must be long-term and comprehensive with evaluation criteria c ...[+++]overing the whole process from the production of new frameworks, laws, bylaws and regulations to actual prosecution in high-level cases;

The General Court misapplied Articles 64 and 65 of the Rules of Procedure in rejecting the application for adoption of measures of organisation of procedure and measures of inquiry, because it held that the documents and matters on the file in respect of the decision of 1 December 2010 — the items whose production was sought — were part of the contested measure, whereas in reality they merely provide reasons for it.

require by way of measure of inquiry, in accordance with Articles 65 and 66 of the Rules of Procedure, the production before the Court of the documents in the Commission's case-file;