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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Req # A-2019-20801

An internal memorandum from March 8, 2007, dealing with work permits, specifically stating that foreign national entering Canada from the United States can apply at the port of entry for the required work visa.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

3 page(s)
February 2020

Req # A-2019-20914

A list of all final versions of reports, evaluations, analysis and research produced from October 1, 2018 to May 2, 2019, by or for the Intelligence, Targeting and Criminal Investigation Programs Management Division under the Programs Branch and the National Targeting Center under the Operations Branch. This includes communication on this subject between the Directors General from all sectors to the President of the Canada Border Services Agency or the Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

1 page(s)
February 2020

Req # A-2019-21329

Final and draft reports, briefing notes, statistical and legal research, memorandum, internal and external communications including emails, meetings minutes, public and private statements, draft and final policies and guidelines, training documents, and legal opinions consulted regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence technology throughout the Canada Border Services Agency internationally, nationally and locally.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

67 page(s)
February 2020

Req # A-2019-22335

A list of all briefing materials prepared for the President and the Executive Vice-President of the Canada Border Services Agency from September 1 to December, 10, 2019, including: the date on the document, title, subject matter, and the department's internal tracking number.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

10 page(s)
February 2020

Req # A-2019-22350

Communications with Environment Canada from January 1, 2004 and October 31, 2005, concerning documentation relating to hazardous waste exports, which make reference to such documents being destroyed, discarded, damaged, or not forwarded to Environment Canada. This includes documents of a general nature as well as documents relating to such issues at the following specific border crossings: Fort Erie, Sarnia, Windsor and Queenston.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
February 2020

Req # A-2019-22562

Records concerning the 2017 Final Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on Scenario-Based Targeting of Travelers. Additionally the Curriculum Vitae of the members of the Scenario Management Committee, the Targeting Program Management Committee and the Canada Border Services Agency Program Supervision Team plus the selection criteria used to select the people to sit on these committees.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

5 page(s)
February 2020

Req # A-2019-22824

Policy documents regarding how Migration Integrity Officers or other officers of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) should request police records of foreign nationals that applied for visas in Canada from foreign police organizations. Specifically clarification if the CBSA must request the foreign national's permission to access those foreign police records.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
February 2020

Req # A-2020-00669

Records of any training materials, briefing notes, memorandums, policies and procedures from January 1, 2010 to January 15, 2020, pertaining to the search of electronic devices including cell phones at the Canadian border. Additionally any document outlining policies or procedures on how, when and why cell phones, laptops, tablets and other electronic devices are searched.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

554 page(s)
February 2020

Req # A-2020-01026

Documents from January 1, 2010 to January 13, 2020, relating to foreign workers entering Canada to work for Paper Excellence in British Columbia, including its operations at Howe Sound Pulp and Paper in Port Mellon, the Mackenzie Pulp in Mackenzie, Skookumchuck Pulp in Skookumchuk, West Coast Cellubfibre in Vancouver and Paper Excellence's headquarters in Richmond.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

0 page(s)
February 2020

Req # A-2020-01364

Statistics from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2019, related to violations of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act or that involve criminality under the Criminal Code of Canada that Canada Border Services Agency has conducted broken down by the occupation of subject of the investigation: lawyers, licensed consultants or other persons.

Organization: Canada Border Services Agency

1 page(s)
February 2020
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