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.

*All information provided will incorporate the necessary exemptions and exclusions as per the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.

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Found 21 record(s)

Req # A-2018-00774

Records from January 1, 2000 to January 11, 2018, of all unpublished national customs rulings and advance rulings for tariff classifications or applicable annex codes, chapter 98 and 99 of Customs Tariff Modification 09/02. This includes any unpublished ruling for tariff heading 9948.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

761 page(s)
April 2021

Req # A-2018-07772

Records from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2009, related to the Joint in-transit Targeting Initiative as applied to seaports in British Columbia and implemented in conjunction with the United States Customs and Border Protection in those ports and the main exporting ports from Asia.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

12 page(s)
April 2021

Req # A-2018-17339

Training material and guidelines for staff working in the Warrant Response Centre (WRC), including but not limited to records containing: a mission statement about the WRC, guidelines about the type of information that can and cannot be shared with law enforcement officers calling the WRC, and guidelines on how to file calls into the National Border Operations Centre log. Additionally, instructions on when to use the category "status check" as a reason for a call to the WRC.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

791 page(s)
April 2021

Req # A-2018-20252

Statistics from January 1, 2008 to November 21, 2018, on migrant smuggling into Canada.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
April 2021

Req # A-2019-03735

Reports including workplace accident, incident or other internal reports describing investigations or inquiries produced by the Canada Border Services Agency relating to the suspected exposure of two employees to a suspicious substance at a Canada Post facility, as reported in the National Post on June 20, 2017. This excludes any records containing personal information.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

34 page(s)
April 2021

Req # A-2019-04201

Records from January 1, 1957 to December 31, 1988, relating to the arrival in Canada of political refugees or political prisoners from Haiti, including any agreement reached in this regard between Haiti and Canada. Additionally, records including memos or circulars, concerning the treatment of persons, sent to the Duvalier regime in Haiti by plane from Canada during this period. Also, records concerning the procedures followed by the Canadian authorities with regard to specific cases of political prisoners who were received in Canada during this period. Lastly, records relating to the analysis of political, geopolitical and legal guidelines made concerning the situation of Haitian refugees in Canada from January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1986.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
April 2021

Req # A-2020-18107

Records including reports, research publications and investigations on how Gabriel Wortman obtained firearms he used in the Nova Scotia Shooting. This includes information on the source of these illegal firearms and how they were smuggled into Canada. In particular, briefing materials sent to the Prime Minister and other Cabinet Ministers, including Briefing Note: 20-01411 – Nova Scotia Mass Shooting Review, June 8, 2020.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

6 page(s)
April 2021

Req # A-2020-18322

The Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) policy on the use of personal phones, phone numbers and personal email addresses by its officers and employees in the course of their CBSA duties or when engaging in work-related correspondence.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

8 page(s)
April 2021

Req # A-2020-20052

Statistics collected on all Casual Goods Accounting Documents (Form BSF715) by ports of entry from January 1 to December 31, 2019. This falls under the Trade Compliance program, Travelers Entry Processing System. DA number 2015/008.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

10561 page(s)
April 2021

Req # A-2021-02191

Records from April 1, 2020 to January 28, 2021, including emails, texts or Instant messages, slack messages, WhatsApp messages, Briefing Notes, memos, and media lines, regarding Huawei Technologies chartering of a plane for Meng Wanzhou.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
April 2021
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