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In 2000, Information Commissioner John Grace presented his case for reform of the Act.He recognized that "while the Act has served well in enshrining the right to know, it has also come to express a single-request, often confrontational approach to providing information – an approach which is too slow and cumbersome for an information society."
In Canada, the Access to Information Act allows citizens to demand records from federal bodies. The act came into force in 1983, under the Pierre Trudeau government, permitting Canadians to retrieve information from government files, establishing what information could be accessed, mandating timelines for response. [10]
It was created in 1989 to internally track requests, [2] and eventually allowed for access to previously filed requests, previously released documents, and then current requests. [3] By 2008, millions of documents had been made available through CAIRS. [4] In 2001, Public Works spent Can$166,000 upgrading the system. [2]
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for matters dealing with immigration to Canada, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The department was established in 1994 following a reorganization.
Making an ATIP request: all ATIP services were affected as the vast majority of LAC employees fell under the collective agreement under negotiation. In this context, the following types of requests were prioritized: urgent requests for health reasons for Canadian Armed Forces veterans and requests made in the context of litigations and class ...
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
The CELPIP-General LS Test is accepted by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) as a measure of listening and speaking proficiency for those applying for Canadian citizenship. In June 2015, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) implemented the remaining changes to the Citizenship Act.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (now IRCC), enforcement; Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), food inspection at ports of entry. The auditor general identified the issues in having the responsibility of border security be divided, such as the inability of individual agencies to share certain security information, as well as ineffective ...