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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Req # A-2023-00021

August 2023, the PRIDE (Progress) Flag was raised over Elections Canada headquarters. I want all information, correspondence, emails, meeting notes, and any other form of information in all forms related to the decision making process, determination and approval of raising the PRIDE flag over Elections Canada HQ or any other Elections Canada facility in 2023. Further, please provide me with any and all other 2023 PRIDE related promotion, events or participation by Elections Canada officials or staff. This includes notes, zoom meetings, emails in all forms including electronic, digital handwritten, etc.

Organization: Elections Canada

109 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2023-00022

Elections Canada raised a Progress Pride Flag at its Ottawa headquarters, and announced this on August 22, 2023: https://twitter.com/ElectionsCan_E/status/1694018647860166767. I am seeking records of the following: the initial proposal to fly the flag, any communications discussing whether or not the flag should be flown, any communications discussing risk of appearing to display partisanship/bias from flying the flag, and the final approval issued to fly the flag. Date range: January 1, 2023, to August 25, 2023.

Organization: Elections Canada

167 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2023-00024

Copy of the following departmental memos/notes: 2023-104963, 2023-105092, 2023-105162 and 2023-105170.

Organization: Elections Canada

46 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2023-00026

Access to briefing notes: 2023-105347, 2023-105343 and 2023-105323.

Organization: Elections Canada

17 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2022-01590

I would please like to have copies of all instructions provided by IRCC to visa officers, supervisors or managers, local employees and/or other administrative decision-makers relative to the processing of administrative reconsideration requests. We suspect that the call-center team that handles questions from the public in Canada as well as the Ministerial Center for MPs and Senators would also have such instructions. All documents and records from the period of 2010-01-01 to the 2022-09-29 would be relevant. Provide only English versions where multiple languages are available. Include only final versions or latest drafts of documents, and last complete email chains. Remove non-relevant information without applying exemptions and identify them as not relevant. Remove materials that are an account of a possible or actual Cabinet confidence.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

1112 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2022-62446

Copy of briefing note/memo F-01265678 (LMB) [REDACTED].

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

4 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2022-63258

Copy of briefing note/memo F-01260961 (APB) Pre-removal risk assessment bar exemption for individuals from Iran

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

8 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2022-62443

Copy of briefing note/memo F-01088102 (CDO) Overview of Economic Outcomes of Asylum Claimants Based on the Most Recent Longitudinal Immigration Database.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

6 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2022-60692

Requesting 1 email of Muna Jama for the period August 20, 2022 to October 23, 2022, excluding records requiring consultations with PCO and DOJ.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

5 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2022-86370

The purpose of this summary is to file an access to information request regarding the application of sections 160 and 166 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227) and related Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) applications. The following are the specifics of our request. First, statistics from the last ten (10) years in relation to the application of sections 160 and 166 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (SOR/2002-227). In other words, we would like to obtain the following statistics (data) and information: o The number of PRRA applications that were provided under these sections, by the following ports of entry: - Land ports of entry - Air ports of entry - Marine ports of entry o The number of PRRA applications that were received under these sections, by the following ports of entry: - Land ports of entry - Air ports of entry - Marine ports of entry - Regarding the above-mentioned applications, the percentage of applications that were reviewed while the applicant(s) was (were) abroad. - Regarding these same applications, the acceptance rate. - Second, we would like you to share with us the measure(s) taken by CBSA officers upon receipt of a PRRA application under these sections (protocols, guides, guidelines, etc.). - Finally, in cases where an applicant is deported prior to a decision being reached on their PRRA application under these same sections, we would like you to share with us the measure(s) taken by CBSA officers (protocols, guides, guidelines, etc.) regarding application follow-up.

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

24 page(s)
October 2023
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