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).

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Req # AF-2020-00019

Provide all memos, briefing documents, slide decks, policy briefs, and other records that discuss or make mention of any of the following in the context of residential mortgage-backed securities or private mortgage securitization: Creating a loan-level database for mortgage loans; Counting private mortgage-backed securities as High-Quality Liquid Assets under OSFl's Liquidity Adequacy Requirements (LAR) Guideline; Converting private mortgage-backed securities into bonds (or bond-like structures) through the use of Canada Housing Trust or other ancillary facilities. Time frame: January 1, 2019 and June 1, 2020.

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

13 page(s)
July 2020

Req # AF-2020-00021

Provide the most recent copies, records, and documents related to CMHC's full Forward Regulatory Plans related to: (a) transactional mortgage insurance (including underwriting standards/criteria); (b) portfolio mortgage insurance (including underwriting standards/criteria and lender allocation); (c) mortgage securitization (including the NHA MBS, CMB, and IMPP programs); (d) the first time home buyer incentive.

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

0 page(s)
July 2020

Req # A-2019-45

All resulting contracts for consulting/contracting staffing efforts in the National Capital Region from April 2019 to (and including) August 2019. 

Organization: National Research Council Canada

310 page(s)
July 2020

Req # A-2020-10

All records describing the isolation (the act of separating a thing(s) from everything else) of a SARS-COV-2 virus, directly from a sample taken from a diseased patient, where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of genetic material (i.e. monkey kidney cells aka vero cells; liver cancer cells).  

Organization: National Research Council Canada

0 page(s)
July 2020

Req # A-2020-12

Export of results of the Codes Canada Public Review Survey.

Organization: National Research Council Canada

8 page(s)
July 2020

Req # A-2020-13

All records related to Ebola vaccines and Canada's response from March 2014 - December 2014 prepared at Director level or higher.

Organization: National Research Council Canada

0 page(s)
July 2020

Req # A-2020-01

The total cost of the engine upgrade incurred by the NRC for helicopter C-FPGV from 2009 to May 13, 2020, along with a breakdown of that cost. Include confirmation of whether there is any litigation that has been completed or that is underway between NRC and any other involved organization regarding this helicopter.

Organization: National Research Council Canada

2 page(s)
June 2020

Req # A-2020-04

Extracts from the Code Change Request Form, where the “Objectives” checkbox has “2015 NBC OA Accessibility” checked, from December 31st, 2006 until May 1, 2020. Include: Title, Organization, Country, Document: 2015 National Building Code, “Code reference of the requested change” field, Subject, Problem.

Organization: National Research Council Canada

13 page(s)
June 2020

Req # AF-2019-00044

Provide all internal email communications, briefing notes, memos, meeting minutes and other relevant records relating to the directive in the Minister of Finance's 2019 mandate letter to consider revisions to the B20 guideline \ mortgage stress test. Include records sent to CMHC originating at Department of Finance (include Ministerial Office) or OSFI. The OPI should include, but not limit, in the request for records email sent\received by the President's office and his Chief of Staff, parliamentary affairs, briefings, as well as all CMHC Board members. All CMHC staff in policy\risk management staff should also be tasked to provide records.

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

103 page(s)
May 2020

Req # AF-2019-00045

Final versions of the following documents mentioned in ATIP release package AF-2019- 00011/ML (the "Release Package"), released to me on DVD via regular mail on 19 Aug 2019. Timeframe – establishment of program to present; a) The presentation to Cabinet in 1996 mentioned on page 41 of the Release Package, including but not limited to internal CMHC policy and discussion documents related to the presentation; b) Any final reports arising from the investigation by the "special team of MBS, Treasury, Legal and Strategy representatives" mentioned at the bottom of page 56 of the release package; c) All final versions of documents related to the "concerns by OSFI and CDIC" regarding the issue of collateral in the CMB program, mentioned on page 203 of the Release Package; d) All documents containing the final opinions or other results relating to consultations with Arthur Anderson regarding the CMB program mentioned on page 205 of the Release Package; e) All documents containing the final opinions or other results relating to consultations with Borden Ladner Gervais regarding the CMB program mentioned on page 205 of the Release Package; f) All documents containing the final opinions or other results relating to consultations with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy regarding the CMB program mentioned on page 205 of the Release Package; g) Ministry of Finance approval in principle of mortgage securitization in December 1999 as part of the approval of the 2000 to 2004 borrowing plan of the CMHC as mentioned on page 207 of the Release Package, along with any documents explaining, justifying, or soliciting this approval; h) The "exchange of correspondence between Ministers Gagliano and Martin" referenced on page 207 of the Release Package, including all attachments; i) Record of Decision 00-052, referenced on page 75 of the Release Package; j) All documents containing the final opinions, advice or other results from the Investment Advisors to CMHC recommending using NHA MBS as basis for CMB program, referenced on page 75 of the Release Package; k) September 2000 Management Committee submission discussing the difference in risk between MBS program and the CMB program, referenced on page 76 of the Release Package; l) Letter of Assignment dated 21 Dec 2000 to K.B.L. Kohli, assessor of capital requirements for the CHB program, referenced on page 110 of the Release Package. m) Memo dated 14 Dec 2000 from John J Tobin describing the CMB program, referenced on page 110 of the Release Package. n) Memo dated 22 Nov 2000 from Kevin Fettig to David Dmyrtk analyzing expected loss in case of bank failure, referenced on page 11 of the Release Package. o) Memo dated 2 June 2007 entitled “Adequacy of Guarantee Fee for CMB Program” by Andrew Kalotay Associates, INC, referenced on page 233, footnote 3 of the Release Package. p) Study entitled “NHA MBS Guarantee Fee Analysis” undertaken by “Securitization,” referenced on page 239 of the Release Package. q) Any final report relating to “Financial analysis project conducted in parallel with the evaluation” of the CMB program which addressed “additional questions related to controls and risk management issues” referenced on page 5 of the Release Package.

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

115 page(s)
May 2020
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