In Ottawa on 21 October 2026, a senior federal adviser to Finance Minister Carney put forward a proposal to create a government‑wide registry of security‑clearance information, aiming to streamline processes and avoid duplication.
The suggested registry is intended to improve efficiency, reduce duplication and enable departments to locate existing personnel security data more easily.
The recommendation comes against a backdrop of Canada’s current security‑screening system being fragmented across multiple agencies, which has led to redundant checks and inefficiencies.