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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Found 25 record(s)

Req # A-2023-00004

Provide 2022 and 2023 records about Elections Canada examining procedures on how to review concerns/complaints about political parties’ privacy policies and intrusions when they collect personal information. Include any summary incidents received and reported; review of the issues concerning policing federal political parties’ privacy practices before the courts in BC brought to a head by the BC Information and Privacy Commission; EC’s discussions and agreement with federal authorities on EC reviewing concerns/complaints; and EC’s own internal preparation to act as an arbitrator/review in concerns/complaints about federal political parties’ privacy policies and intrusions (in effect by default in Budget 2023 and Bill C-47, EC becomes an arbitrator under the Canada Elections Act of political parties self-regulated privacy collection, use and disposal practices/policies).

Organization: Elections Canada

40 page(s)
September 2023

Req # A-2023-00008

Subject to planning for the next election, including party and candidate practices, cyber and third-party threats and influences and foreign intrusions. Provide from January 1, 2022, to present: briefings, meeting minutes, reports and memos sent or developed by working groups to include those on fake news, election financing, disinformation and social media. Provide from January 1, 2022, to present: briefings and reports from CSIS on potential election interference, as well as those from CSEC on cyber threats or other threats to the election process and how best to deal with them. This includes the use of electronic pooling registration and voting in the future. Provide from January 1, 2022, to present: briefings, meeting minutes and reports from the Cyber Security Panel (a federal-provincial/territorial election officials' subcommittee). Provide from January 1, 2022, to present: briefings, plans and reports on encouraging political parties to have and follow privacy protection. Include Elections Canada’s monitoring of those plans; as well as exchanges with political parties on their privacy protection plans and practices.

Organization: Elections Canada

25 page(s)
September 2023

Req # A-2023-00019

Copy of all email submissions from the public between September 26 and November 1, including to the 2022 Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Alberta.

Organization: Elections Canada

317 page(s)
September 2023

Req # A-2023-00023

A copy of the following departmental memos/notes: 2023-104990, 2023-105016, 2023-104858.

Organization: Elections Canada

17 page(s)
September 2023

Req # A-2023-00025

I would like a copy of the following memos/notes: 2023-105272.

Organization: Elections Canada

7 page(s)
September 2023

Req # A-2021-00010

Provide all records of internal correspondence; including but not limited to emails and briefing notes that Elections Canada produced in reaction to the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in Frank v Canada (AG) 2019 SCC 1, as the ruling affected the International Registry of Electors. Also indicate the total number of Canadians living abroad who signed up for the International Registry of Voters, as well as the number of ex-patriots registered within each of the 338 ridings, for the general election of October 2019.

Organization: Elections Canada

362 page(s)
April 2023

Req # A-2023-00002

Provide a copy of all letters, emails and correspondence between the Chief Electoral Officer, Stéphane Perrault, and the organizations and individuals named below, related to interference from individuals who have tied to China, as well as with suspicious donations made to the Trudeau Foundation by individuals who have ties to China, including the Chinese Communist Party, between January 1 and April 16, 2023. Include communications between individuals at the Privy Council Office, including Nathalie Drouin, Deputy Clerk, Janice Charette and Jody Thomas, National Security and Intelligence Advisor; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and its commissioner; the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and its director; the Office of the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau; as well as the National Security and Intelligence Advisor, Jody Thomas.

Organization: Elections Canada

0 page(s)
April 2023

Req # A-2023-00003

Obtain a copy of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer briefing note no. 2023-104905 (45th GE Voter Information Campaign Pre-Event Testing of Messaging Options).

Organization: Elections Canada

5 page(s)
April 2023

Req # A-2022-00013

Provide all records from officials at the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, including the Commissioner of Canada Elections, that contain domestic position details on politically exposed persons (PEPs). These details include: PEP's name; date of birth; occupation; business address (city, province, postal code) and phone number; names of family members; names of close associates; current status (active or inactive) and if inactive, as of what date (day-month-year).

Organization: Elections Canada

0 page(s)
September 2022

Req # A-2022-00014

All records created after October 3, 2020, and before July 26, 2022, of letters, emails, text messages and digests of conversations between the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada and Heather L. Mack, Glen R. Murray, or Campbell Elections Auditing Professional Corporation or its successor (Lekadir LLP), either alone or otherwise. Include all letters, emails and text messages that were sent or received by that Office.

Organization: Elections Canada

7 page(s)
September 2022
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