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). For additional information, please see the “About Access to Information Requests” webpage.

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 297 record(s)

Req # A-2020-09891

A copy of the Canada Border Services Agency Operational Bulletin OBO-2020-022: COVID-19 Response - Direct Backs to the United States for Foreign Nationals who make a claim for refugee protection. Additionally, any subsequent Operational Bulletin that have superseded this document.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

14 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2020-12800

Statistics from November 1, 2018 to March 31, 2020, pertaining to asylum requests of the Temporary Refugee Intake Processing Centres (TRIPCs) in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Broken down by: the number of asylum requests that were submitted per month and by region, and the number of these cases that were referred to the Immigration Refugee Board. Additionally, electronic records of any business cases or Treasury Board submissions created by the TRIPCs. Also, the Organizational structure of the TRIPCs showing the reporting structure and the allocation and the number of Border Services Offices, Superintendents, and administration staff. This excludes the actual names of the persons occupying the positions.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

74 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2020-16582

Records as of October 26, 2020, including emails, briefing materials, meeting minutes, records of decision, or other materials used in the evaluation of the use of the "thin-blue-line" by members of the Canada Border Services Agency.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

52 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2021-06875

Records from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2020, including files, reports, presentations, recommendations, communications, consultations, decisions, and requests for proposals pertaining to the Canada Border Services Agency’s procedure for selection, approval, adoption, acquisition, deployment, user-qualification-metrics, initial and follow-up training requirements, issuance, usage, and storage of: semi-automatic .223 / 5.56 mm firearm and semi-automatic .308 / 7.62 mm firearms.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

70 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2021-12630

Electronic records from January 1, 2017 to June 21, 2021, of all communications, including e-mails, texts or Instant messages, slack messages, WhatsApp messages, briefing notes, memos, media lines sent or received by officials at the Director General, Assistant Deputy Minister or Deputy Minister level and communications staff regarding or discussing the defaulted government credit cards referred to in Sessional Paper 8555-432-675, tabled in the House of Commons on June 14, 2021. This is limited to the final draft versions or the last draft document and includes documents in which Cabinet material can be severed, but excludes Cabinet confidences.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

5 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2021-14554

Records from July 1, 2018 to July 15, 2021, including, but not limited to, memoranda, position papers, internal opinions, research constituting the basis for decision-making regarding the health or religious exemption of Kratom from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2021-14665

Records from July 1, 2018 to July 19, 2021, including protocols of the Canada Border Services Agency for training related to the seizure or interception of Ayahuasca, including records related to search, notification, testing, storage, destruction, return or forfeiture.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2021-15406

Records from April 1 to May 31, 2021, of the invoices from Centre Canin du Suroit 1269 Harwood Vaudreuil to the Canada Border Services Agency for the care of the Detector Dog Training Program.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

6 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2021-15495

Statistics from March 1, 2019 to August 31, 2021, concerning the Canadian immigration detention system broken down by month, specifically: the total number of individuals detained, number newly detained, number released from detention, number detained in provincial correctional facilities, number detained in immigration holding centres, number released into a Community Case Management and Supervision facility, number released with electronic monitoring as a release condition, number released with voice reporting as a release condition, and the number released with the posting of a bond by a bondsperson as a release condition.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

6 page(s)
December 2021

Req # A-2021-16585

Statistics from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2020, related to the removals of Chinese nationals from Canada; specifically, the number convicted of a crime in Canada, versus how many were convicted or charged with a crime in China. Additionally, records that explain why the old criminality term was changed to the new term "safety and security" and any documents that explain why the reported number of removals from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2014, decreased when the new term was applied to the data. Additionally, records explaining the difference between the terms "Safety and Security Inadmissibilities" versus "other" for statistical reporting.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

2 page(s)
December 2021
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