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Req # 1A-2023-76455
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01290495 (SHP) Super Visa Ministerial Instructions.Please exclude cabinet confidences that would require consultation to confirm cabinet confidences.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
April 2024
Req # 1A-2023-76393
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01290495 (SHP) Super Visa Ministerial Instructions.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
April 2024
Req # 1A-2023-76397
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01249677 (SPPB) Amendments to Express Entry ministerial instructions and public policy to remove barriers to permanent residence for physiciansOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
April 2024
Req # 1A-2023-29696
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01280403 (PAB) Budget implementation act 2023 briefing documents.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
April 2024
Req # 1A-2022-73998
Copy of briefing note/memo. Please include those requiring consultation with PCO & DOJ. F-01236581(AFG)Memo on a decision regarding the USOrganization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
April 2024
Req # 1A-2023-48668
Please provide all documents, memoranda, e-mails, correspondence, briefing notes, text messages, messages on Microsoft Teams or any other messaging platform, and any other records, including drafts, from August 1, 2021, respecting the use by Senator Marilou McPhedran of documents to facilitate travel from Afghanistan, including: (1) meetings of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on the subject-matter, (2) appearances and scheduling of witnesses before those committees, (3) preparations for and debriefs following those witness appearances, (4) the motion considered by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on February 8, 2023 that concerned a study of this subject-matter and the scheduling and summonsing of witnesses, (5) the adoption of the motion on March 20, 2023, and (6) the notice of motion given to the Immigration Committee on April 26, 2023, inviting George Young to appear as a witness. Please exclude (1) memoranda to Cabinet and aides-memoire for Cabinet consideration, (2) Treasury Board submissions, (3) speaking notes or decks for presentations to Cabinet or its committees, (4) copies of draft legislative texts, (5) briefing notes and covering memoranda concerning records in exclusions (1) to (4), (6) duplicate copies of e-mails (i.e., exclude earlier messages in a thread of e-mails if a later message contains the earlier message(s)), (7) publicly available versions of government documents (i.e., do not exclude drafts of those documents), (8) the French version of documents which are equally available in each official language, (9) off-topic information in otherwise responsive documents (e.g., news stories on other issues in a media summary), and (10) unannotated transcripts of parliamentary debates and committee meetings. Amended July 31, 2023: However, with respect to the matter of draft records, if you wish to consider an alternative proposal, I would suggest that draft records could be collected but set aside with only final versions being processed as an interim response; from there, I could isolate which specific documents I would also like to have released in draft form. August 15, 2023 - With regard to the timeframe, I wish to have records from August 1, 2021July 14, 2023 (date of request submission). With regard to the interpretation of phrases, I am referring, generally, to matters which include those which have been the subject of reporting by The Globe and Mail and investigation by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. With regard to the enumerated inclusions, those should be seen as elaborating upon the issue at hand, including particularly the matter that responsive records might also be found among those who handle communications, parliamentary affairs and issues management responsibilities. The exclusions are generally meant to facilitate and expedite the processing of responsive records.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
April 2024
Req # A-2021-07996
I seek all records - including but not limited to briefing notes, reports, orders, plans, briefs, correspondence, emails (sent/received at ADM level or higher), meeting minutes, and call notes - regarding the prioritization of evacuees as part of Canada's Afghanistan evacuation mission. Final versions only. Exclude cabinet confidences. Timeframe: Aug 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2021.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2024
Req # A-2022-01030
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01242326 (SPPB) Summary of the Online Stakeholder Survey on Immigration Levels Planning.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2024
Req # A-2022-01027
Copy of briefing note/memo F-01242326 (SPPB) Summary of the Online Stakeholder Survey on Immigration Levels Planning. Please exclude cabinet confidences that would require consultation to confirm cabinet confidences.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2024
Req # A-2022-61800
Requesting 7 emails of Melissa Gomes that is contained in the To or From for the period March 1, 2022 to June 15, 2022, excluding records requiring consultation with PCO and DOJ.Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
March 2024