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Req # A-2020-00007
Requesting: a) Document describing the criteria for washrooms for the public or elections employees that would make a location ineligible and eligible for being a polling place. b) For the last two federal elections, any records of Elections Canada paying for mobile toilets for polling places. c) For the last two federal elections, any records of complaints about washrooms of polling places.Organization: Elections Canada
September 2020
Req # A-2020-00026
Obtain a copy of any document, including any kind of cost estimate, that Elections Canada possesses that will let me see how much the next election will cost, should the next federal election be called, for example, in 2020 or 2021, in the event that the opposing parties bring down Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. Also including all extra costs due to the covid-19/coronavirus pandemic for the next federal election (including any briefing notes prepared for the Chief Electoral Officer on a potential federal election in the short-term with this Liberal minority government in 2020 or 2021).Organization: Elections Canada
September 2020
Req # A-2020-001
Records dated February 2, 2020 to April 14, 2020 concerning coin minting operations during the COVID-19 outbreak, including extra costs on the handling of coins and distribution during the outbreak.Organization: Royal Canadian Mint
September 2020
Req # A-2020-002
Records dated January 7, 2020 to April 14, 2020 concerning plans and procedures in place regarding the production of new coins (circulation and numismatic) that would have a different effigy should Queen Elizabeth II be deceased, the replacement of any coins (circulation and numismatic) currently bearing the Queen’s image should Queen Elizabeth II be deceased, and estimates of the amount of each coin in circulation bearing her image.Organization: Royal Canadian Mint
September 2020
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Req # A-2019-00092
Provide a complete copy of each of the notes below from the section on briefing notes for Elections Canada on the Open Government website: Update on a phishing situation to divert a paycheque to EC-2020-01-23 Ref. No.: 2019-100761; Termination of Elections Canada contract 05005-19-0290 and request for financial compensation 2020-01-23 Ref. No.: 2020-101031; Uncollectable debt – Redacted (2) 2020-01-30 Ref. No.: 2019‑100732; Reply to a question in writing 122 2019-12-19 Ref. No.: 2019-100913; New application for registration for a political party – Wexit Canada – now eligible 2020‑01-07 Ref. No.: 2019-100931; Application for registration for a new political party – Parti Patriote 2019‑10-04 Ref. No.: 2019-100377.Organization: Elections Canada
August 2020
Req # A-2020-00002
Provide the 2019 and 2020 records, including briefing notes, and contingency plans, to shift voting to electronic ballots; to shift how individual election riding contests are run without physical polling places; to shift campaign and advertising rules should public health in the context of social isolation or other emergencies change elections campaigning; to shift toward counting electronic ballots and challenging those results; and to shift the needed protections throughout such election voting changes. The COVID-19 crisis in particular has had in other jurisdictions an effect either in their looking at or adopting new ways of voting.Organization: Elections Canada
August 2020
Req # A-2020-00009
Provide any emails to or from anyone at Elections Canada containing a reference to “October 26th” of 2020, and any emails to or from anyone at Elections Canada referring to an election in October of 2020. The range of dates for search of these records is from September 2019 until present. Clarification: only include records of EXCOM members that pertain to a potential Fall election.Organization: Elections Canada
August 2020
Req # A-2020-00011
Provide a complete copy of the briefing note below from the lists of briefing notes on the Open Government website: Documents to support the consultation process on religious obligations and fixed-date elections 2020-05-22 Ref. No.: 2020-101766 Agency: Elections Canada, Sector: Policies and civic education.Organization: Elections Canada
August 2020
Req # A-2020-00013
Provide a copy of the following three briefing notes with the tracking numbers: 2019-036276, 2019-035994, and 2019-036014. You can look them up here: https://search.open.canada.ca/en/bn/.Organization: Elections Canada
August 2020