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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Found 368 record(s)

Req # AF-2021-00151

In regards to the CMHC-funded Solutions Lab entitled “Wealth and the Problem of Housing Inequity across Generations: A Solutions Lab” as listed here: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/nhs/nhs-project-profiles/2018-nhs-projects/disentangling-canadian-households-counting-high-rising-home-prices and published here: https://www.gensqueeze.ca/housing_wealth_generational_inequity please provide a list (or equivalent records) of all department-paid expenses, contracts and invoices resulting from CMHC’s support of the lab, including those incurred by individuals. Include the following details per cost: date of cost, vendor, the amount paid, and the description of goods or services provided. Search through electronic records only, unless relevant records do not exist in that format. Include documents in which cabinet material can be severed, however exclude documents marked cabinet confidences in their entirety. Remove French versions if English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Examine records from Jan. 1, 2018 to the date this request is received. [January 5, 2021]

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

43 page(s)
February 2021

Req # AF-2021-00156

Please provide copies of all communications, including e-mails, texts or Instant messages, slack messages, WhatsApp messages, briefing notes, memos, media lines, etc., sent/rec'd by Romy Bowers regarding or discussing the study linked here: https://www.gensqueeze.ca/housing_wealth_generational_inequity Search through electronic records only, unless relevant records do not exist in that format. Include documents in which cabinet material can be severed, however exclude documents marked cabinet confidences in their entirety. Eliminate duplicate emails and chains. Remove French versions if English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Limit timeframe of records from April 1, 2021 to the date this request is received [January 7, 2022].

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

101 page(s)
February 2021

Req # AF-2021-00157

Please provide copies of all communications, including e-mails, texts or Instant messages, slack messages, WhatsApp messages, briefing notes, memos, media lines, etc., sent/rec'd between Romy Bowers and UBC professor Paul Kershaw. Search through electronic records only, unless relevant records do not exist in that format. Include documents in which cabinet material can be severed, however exclude documents marked cabinet confidences in their entirety. Eliminate duplicate emails and chains. Remove French versions if English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Limit timeframe of records from April 1, 2021 to the date this request is received [January 7, 2022].

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

2 page(s)
February 2021

Req # AF-2021-00159

Provide copies of any documents, including e-mails, texts or Instant messages, slack messages, WhatsApp messages, briefing notes, memos, media lines, reports, correspondence, etc., regarding reports that RBC denied a mortgage based on political opinions, as reported here: https://www.theepochtimes.com/rebel-news-says-mortgage-denied-based-on-its-opinions_4184557.html, including any communications with RBC or its representatives about the possible mortgage, since January 1, 2021 [to January 17, 2022].

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

0 page(s)
February 2021

Req # AF-2021-00161

Please provide copies of all communications, including e-mails, texts or Instant messages, slack messages, WhatsApp messages, briefing notes, memos, media lines, etc., sent/rec'd by Romy Bowers regarding or discussing the study linked here: https://www.gensqueeze.ca/housing_wealth_generational_inequity Search through electronic records only, unless relevant records do not exist in that format. Include documents in which cabinet material can be severed, however exclude documents marked cabinet confidences in their entirety. Eliminate duplicate emails and chains. Remove French versions if English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Examine records from Jan. 7, 2022 to the date this request is received [January 21, 2022].

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

56 page(s)
February 2021

Req # AF-2021-00162

Please provide copies of all communications, including e-mails, texts or Instant messages, slack messages, WhatsApp messages, briefing notes, memos, media lines, etc., sent/rec'd by Romy Bowers carrying the following keywords: “home equity tax, University of British Columbia’s School of Population, UBC, Paul Kershaw, research, home sales tax, tax shelters, capital gains tax, real estate equity tax, sale of a primary residence, home surtax.” Search through electronic records only, unless relevant records do not exist in that format. Include documents in which cabinet material can be severed, however exclude documents marked cabinet confidences in their entirety. Eliminate duplicate emails and chains. Remove French versions if English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Examine records from Jan. 7, 2022 to the date this request is received [January 21, 2022].

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

186 page(s)
February 2021

Req # AF-2021-00163

Please provide copies of all communications, including e-mails, texts or Instant messages, slack messages, WhatsApp messages, briefing notes, memos, media lines, etc., sent/rec'd between Romy Bowers and UBC professor Paul Kershaw. Search through electronic records only, unless relevant records do not exist in that format. Include documents in which cabinet material can be severed, however exclude documents marked cabinet confidences in their entirety. Eliminate duplicate emails and chains. Remove French versions if English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Examine records from Jan. 7, 2022 to the date this request is received [January 21, 2022].

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

0 page(s)
February 2021

Req # AF-2021-00166

Please provide all records, files, and documents, including electronic correspondence and data, sent/rec'd by officials at SVP level and one rank below regarding or discussing news coverage of the study linked here: https://www.gensqueeze.ca/housing_wealth_generational_inequity between CMHC and the University of British Columbia’s Generation Squeeze Solutions Lab. Search through electronic records only, unless relevant records do not exist in that format. Include documents in which cabinet material can be severed, however exclude documents marked cabinet confidences in their entirety. Eliminate duplicate emails and chains. Remove French versions if English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Examine records from Jan. 7, 2022 to the date this request is received [January 21, 2022].

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

0 page(s)
February 2021

Req # AF-2021-00171

Please provide the total amount paid out in performance incentive bonuses to all CMHC employees in calendar years 2020 and 2021. Please provide two separate amounts, the amount spend on performance incentives in 2020, and in 2021. Please also include the total number of employees who received a performance incentive in each year, and the total number of employees working at CMHC for each year.

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

1 page(s)
February 2021

Req # AF-2020-00078

Please provide all emails sent/rec'd by at officials at the SVP level and one rank below regarding or discussing the program meant to encourage retirees to rent empty bedrooms to immigrants and students, or “home match”, as referred to in this news report: https://www.blacklocks.ca/highly-costly-admits-cmhc/ Limit records to those generated between Jan 1st 2020 and September 23rd, 2020. Search through electronic records only. Exclude cabinet confidences. Remove French versions if English exists. Final version of documents or last draft if final version is not available. Eliminate duplicate emails and chains.

Organization: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

175 page(s)
January 2021
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