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Submissions

In the scope of the 2012 Open Dialogue Consultations, the Office of the Information Commissioner asked Professor Alasdair Roberts to examine international trends regarding best practices in the formulation of access to information laws. Mr. Roberts produced a paper that can be found here.

Access to Information: The Elements of Reform, by Alasdair Roberts, October 15, 2012 (HTML)
Access to Information: The Elements of Reform, by Alasdair Roberts, October 15, 2012 (39.1 KB) (PDF)

Summary of Submissions New
September 27, 2013
Summary of Submissions (HTML version)
Summary of Submissions (Word version)
Petition No. 2, 1768 petitioners Updated - April 12, 2013
March 1, 2013

Stop muzzling scientists! (16.6 KB)
RBM Roy

February 16, 2013

Think out of the box (10.2 KB)
Ron Sterritt

February 15, 2013

Open Dialogue (32.6 KB)
Gary Dickson, Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner

February 8, 2013

Consultation on the Access to Information Act (0.8 MB)
British Columbia Library Association

February 5, 2013

Consultation on Access to Information Act (0.1 MB)
Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic

February 4, 2013

Bringing Canada’s Lagging Information Rights into the 21st Century (0.2 MB)
Via Rail Canada and Société Radio-Canada/CBC

January 31, 2013

Consultation of the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada on the subject of the Access to Information Act (only available in French) (0.9 MB)
Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia

January 31, 2013

Submission of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia on the Open Dialogue on the Access to Information Act (0.2 MB)
Fighter for FOI

January 31, 2013

Nature of Records and Information Management (14.1 KB)
Fred Vallance-Jones

January 31, 2013

Submission to ATI dialogue (0.4 MB)
Newspapers Canada

January 31, 2013

Modernizing Canada’s Access to Information Law Submission to the Information Commissioner by Newspapers Canada (0.6 MB)
Canadian Bar Association - National Privacy and Access Law Section

January 31, 2013

Modernization of the Access to Information Act (0.2 MB)
Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom

January 31, 2013

Make Access the Rule Secrecy the Exception (0.2 MB)
Canadian Library Association

January 31, 2013

Modernisation of the Canadian Access to Information Act (0.3 MB)
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

January 31, 2013

A Hollow Right: Access to Information in crisis (0.4 MB)
Québec Ouvert and Nord Ouvert

January 31, 2013

Dialogue ouvert (only available in French) (0.3 MB)
Democracy Watch and Open Government Coalition

January 30, 2013

Submission of Democracy Watch and the Open Government Coalition on the modernization of the Access to Information Act and enforcement system (51.0 KB)
Mark Weiler

January 30, 2013

Open Dialogue on the Access to Information Act (0.4 MB)
Rod Moorcroft

January 29, 2013

End excessive secrecy by Canadian politicians and government officials (10.1 KB)
Peter Meyler

January 24, 2013

Cabinet Documents (9.5 KB)
Canadian Environmental Law Association and Ecojustice

January 22, 2013

Input and Advice on the Federal Access to Information Act (0.2 MB)
Immanuel Giulea

January 21, 2013

Response to Canada's Access to Information Act Consultation (40.0 KB)
Gregory Michener

January 21, 2013

Starting From Zero (10.1 KB)
Heather Morrison

January 21, 2013

Response to Access to Information Act consultation (0.1 MB)
Ken Rubin

January 21, 2013

Dialogue on strategies needed to give secrecy an "F" rating (20.8 KB)
Centre for Law and Democracy

January 15, 2013

Response to the OIC Call for Dialogue: Recommendations for Improving the Right to Information in Canada (0.6 MB)
Petition No. 1, 568 petitioners

January 13, 2013

Please end excessive secrecy by Canadian politicians, staff, and government officials (24.0 KB)
Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada

January 11, 2013

Views as part of the consultation process regarding the Access to Information Act (0.6 MB)
Probe International

January 7, 2013

Open Dialogue - Access to Information Act Review (0.2 MB)
Anonymous

January 5, 2013

Suggested enhancements to Canada's Access to Information Act (8.7 KB)
Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration of United States

December 28, 2012

Modernization of Canada's Access to Information Act (0.2 MB)
Nancy Massie

December 18, 2012

Obligation for institutions to have a person responsible for access and privacy (14.8 KB)
Tina L. McKinnon

December 17, 2012

Answers to "Specific Questions"

November 15, 2012

Answer to two "General Questions" (9.8 KB)
Stanley Tromp

January 1, 2013

Answers to "Specific Questions" (0.2 MB)

December 15, 2012

Summary of findings of Fallen Behind: Canada’s Access to Information Act in the World Context (part French) (0.2 MB)
Information Watcher

December 11, 2012

Answer to two "General Questions": Posting summaries of completed Access to Information Act requests (12.3 KB)
Progressive Librarians Guild - London Ontario Chapter

December 8, 2012

Four proposals for reform to Canada’s access to information regime (52.7 KB)
Monique Dumont

December 7, 2012

Nine proposals for reform to Canada’s access to information regime (only available in French)
B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association

December 4, 2012

Submission to Consultation on Access to Information Act (0.8 MB)
Barb Goertzen

November 20, 2012

Answer to four "General Questions" (16.4 KB)
Dean Beeby

November 19, 2012

Five proposals for reform to Canada's access to information regime (0.4 MB)
John McMillan, Australian Information Commissioner

October 30, 2012

Modernization of the Canadian Access to Information Act via Australia's 2010 open government reforms (0.4 MB)
John A. Weiler

October 5, 2012

"ATI Library Card" (1.4 MB)
Patrick Marleau

September 30, 2012

Central agency for processing access to information requests (only available in French) (9.2 KB)