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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 # 23-2333

I would like copies of all records related to an accident/incident involving a VIA Rail train [train #59] and a pedestrian in Kingston, Ontario near Collins Bay and Bath Road [on January 2, 2024] that occurred sometime between [8:15 PM] and 9:45 PM. I am seeking relevant records from 30 minutes before the accident/incident until January 7, 2024. Please include all records [notes, reports, logs, correspondence (sent and received e-mails and/or messages)] created, received and/or kept by staff/crew [onboard] the VIA Rail train involved [train #59]. Please also include all records [notes, reports, logs, correspondence (sent and received e-mail and/or messages)] created and/or kept by other VIA Rail employees not aboard the affected train [train #59] including but not limited to station staff and/or office/administrative employees [within the Network Operations department within VIA Rail], who were involved in the handling, management and/or fallout from the accident/incident. Please also include audio and/or video recordings/files captured by devices of, aboard and/or affixed to the train involved in the accident/incident [train #59], including but not limited to any that are forward-facing, in cab or otherwise. Of these recordings/files, please limit what is provided to clips beginning three minutes before the accident/incident occurred until one minute after the train resumed its journey after its stoppage. Please only provide only single copies of records (exclude duplicates). Please also refrain from marking information not pertaining to the accident/incident as 'not relevant' or 'non-responsive'. Please only remove/redact information that [is covered by] the ATIA

Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.

68 page(s)
March 2024

Req # A-2022-01016

Final and intermediate versions of 2022-23 departmental Employment and Social Development Canada plan referring to implementing a national work plan to address the anticipated increase in passport applications after the removal of pandemic-related travel restrictions.