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Search the summaries of completed Access to Information (ATI) requests to find information about ATI requests made to the Government of Canada after January 2020. If you find a summary of interest, you can request a copy of the records at no cost using the form below each summary. Requests made through this form are considered informal requests and are not subject to the same requirements as requests under the Access to Information Act (ATIA).
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Req # 22-2260
I would like to receive a copy of your investigation report, including any videos, with respect to an accident involving a VIA train which took place on December 25, 2022 on Highway 12, Orillia, Ontario.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
March 2023
Req # 22-2254
Federal government funding to VIA Rail by year from 2002 to 2022.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
March 2023
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Canada TMP Finance Ltd.
Req # A-2022-00065
For the last 5 fiscal years, provide a list of the top 20 Institutions with the most OIC complaints that includes the following fields: 1) Total number of complaints for each category as follows: -Deemed Refusal -Time Extension -Fees Assessed -Exemptions/Exclusions -Incomplete Search/No Records -Destruction of Records/Obstruction of Access -Political Interference -Any Other Matter (Specify other matter if possible) 2) Average number of days taken by OIC to complete investigations for each field mentioned in item #1. For each category, indicate the shortest and longest time taken to complete the investigations. 3) Number of findings for each institution (i.e, Founded, Resolved, Not well founded, Discontinued).Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
February 2023
Req # 22-2241
Number of on/off passengers per year, for the last five years (2018-2022) at the Terrace, BC VIA Rail station and the On-Time Performance at the station, with consideration of the thirty-minute windowOrganization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
February 2023
Req # 22-2242
All questions below apply to the time period December 15, 2012 to December 15, 2022 inclusive: 1. How many ‘critical incidents’ with passenger trains have been linked with drug and alcohol abuse? 2. How many times have locomotive engineers tested positive for drugs? 3. When a locomotive engineer has tested positive for drugs and alcohol, what substances are they testing positive for? 4. How many locomotive engineers have checked into substance abuse programs? 5. How many locomotive engineers were mandated to attend substance abuse programs? 6. How many locomotive engineers have had last chance clauses when it comes to drugs and alcohol? 7. How many times have drug and alcohol use on the job been reported to superiors? 8. For locomotive engineers that tested positive for substances, what was the outcome?Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
February 2023
Req # 22-2255
I am writing to look for VIA Rail traffic data on the CN Alexandria subdivision, between Route 500 W (County Road) and St. Isidore Road in Casselman, Ontario. The data would like correspond to the VIA Rail trains passing Casselman station in both directions in a day.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
February 2023
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Canada TMP Finance Ltd.
Req # A-2022-00044
Please provide the following: a) the level of each within the Public service Executive or Assistant Deputy Head hierarchy; b) the job description (this is a generic term) detailing the role and responsibilities for each of the following Deputy Information Commissioners; and c) the salary range for the current incumbent for each of the following three positions. a. Deputy Commissioner, Legal Services and Public Affairs; b. Deputy Commissioner, Corporate Services, Strategic Planning and Transformation Services; and, c. Deputy Commissioner, Investigations and Governance. Please provide records providing the rationale as to why the Information Commissioner (past or present) elected to appoint Deputies under the current (or predecessor) TBS Policy on the Management of Executives as well as the Directive on Executive (EX) Group Organization and Classification and in so doing a) purposely bypassed a statutory authority provided by subsection 56(2) of the Act; b) and, in so doing, elevated the rank and status of such "Assistant Information Commissioners" to that of "Deputy Information Commissioners.' For each of the three positions of Deputy Information commissioners, please provide copy of records which were approved by the Information Commissioner (past or prevent) for the creation and classification of each of the above listed positions classified in accordance with the TBS Policy on the Management of Executives as well as the Directive on Executive (EX) Group Organization and Classification. Please also include a copy of the Job Evaluation Rationale as well as the Classification decision for each of these three Deputy Information Commissioners. Please provide records indicating for each employee at the OIC currently serving at the EX level as defined by the Federal Public Service. For each such officer provide a) his/her name; b) title; c) EX levelOrganization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
January 2023
Req # 22-2243
I am requesting a listing of passenger cars that were/are sent for structural-integrity testing at the National Research Council facility in Ottawa and the dates the cars were taken the Ottawa.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
January 2023