Completed Access to Information Requests

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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).

If you don’t find what you are looking for you can request additional government records under an institution’s control by contacting the institution’s Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator or by submitting a formal access to information request.

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Req # A-2021-00061

Canadian Army Operation Gauntlet - The Expedition to Spitsbergen, 1941: Check Nominal Role (sic)" I am requesting, please, a copy of this nominal roll, including at least the following information if provided in the document for each person listed: - full names; - military rank; - military unit; (regiment, corps, etc.); - Second World War service number; - any other information provided regarding a person's Second World War status or military service. (1940-01-01 to 2021-11-27)

Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada

21 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2021-00062

Requesting copies of all the material VAC draws upon to ascertain if a Second World War service-person has qualified for the "Pacific Star" campaign medal. In particular, the following information: - lists of units (eg., RCN ships, army regiments/corps, RCAF squadrons, etc) which qualified as a whole for the Pacific Star, because of particular service, along with the qualifying dates of such service; - lists of specific military operations or campaigns, participation in which qualified a service-person for the Pacific Star, along with the corresponding qualifying dates; - the formal boundaries demarking the geographic limits within which sea, land or air service qualified a service-person for the Pacific Star, along with the qualifying dates for each; - in particular, a clear explanation of the eastern-most limit of sea service in the Pacific Ocean which would have qualified a service-person for the Pacific Star; (eg., 180 deg longitude; or three miles off of the West Coast of North and South America; or service west of a line projected due south from the eastern most point of the Hawaiian Islands, etc); - any changes, amendments, clarifications or other modifications to the qualifying criteria (for sea, land or air service) for the Pacific Star, which were put in place after the original qualifying criteria were promulgated (ie., after 1946). (1939-01-01 to 2021-11-27)

Organization: Veterans Affairs Canada

20 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2018-00534

From September 1, 2016 to September 28, 2018, all records related to the upcoming Indigenous Languages Act that include the words "Maori" and/or "New Zealand".