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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
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
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
September 2023
Req # A-2023-00023
A copy of the following departmental memos/notes: 2023-104990, 2023-105016, 2023-104858.Organization: Elections Canada
September 2023
Req # A-2023-00025
I would like a copy of the following memos/notes: 2023-105272.Organization: Elections Canada
September 2023
Req # 22-2205
1. Any analyses of alternatives to, and alternative methods of carrying out, the HFR proposal, including different scope, routes and technological options (…); 2. Specific information on the proposed new route including any details of possible alternative routings through the Havelock to Smith Falls portion; 3. Cost and benefit analyses including assumptions about costs, ridership and any impact on reduced ridership on the existing routes, for the different alternatives considered; 4. Information on the expected scope, nature and timing of public consultations, public review processes and other approval processes and the expected construction schedule; 5. Information on affected landholder compensation policy and mechanisms.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
September 2023
Req # 22-2207
To obtain a copy of any and all documents held by VIA Rail regarding the $71 million in-depth review that was conducted on HFR and is mentioned in this La Presse article between January 1, 2019 and today, April 8, 2022. We want all documents, e-mails, correspondence, letters or, better yet, complete copies of this review.Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
September 2023
Req # 23-2310
In relation to the VIA HFR (dedicated tracks) project, I am interested specifically in (i) ridership numbers of projections broken down by station or segment; (ii) projected revenue and operating costs for the project once built; (iii) specific route and infrastructure information; and (iv) analysis of speed in relation to the infrastructure, straightening and crossing removalsOrganization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
September 2023
Req # 23-2311
Communications (emails) between (former) CEO Yves Desjardins-Siciliano and Alstom, between 2014-2019Organization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
September 2023
Req # 23-2312
Detailed staffing costs breakdown by role (for the whole organization) for the last year (2022). Staffing costs for on train customer service representatives, station staff, engineering, and office staffOrganization: VIA Rail Canada Inc.
September 2023