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The commissioner's work is supported by the Office of the Information Commissioner, which was established in 1983 under the Access to Information Act (ATIA) – Canada's freedom of information legislation. [1] The office assists individuals and organizations who believe that federal institutions have not respected their rights under the ATIA.
By 1982, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, and the U.S. (1966), had enacted modern Freedom of information legislation. Canada's Access to Information Act came into force in 1983, [3] under the Pierre Trudeau government, permitting Canadians to retrieve information from government files, establishing what information ...
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]
Canadian privacy law has evolved over time into what it is today. The first instance of a formal law came when, in 1977, the Canadian government introduced data protection provisions into the Canadian Human Rights Act. [2]
The Coordination of Access to Information Requests System, also known as CAIRS, was a database of freedom of information requests made to the federal government of Canada under the Access to Information Act. [1] It was operated by the Department of Public Works and Government Services.
Every Canadian citizen or permanent resident has the right to be given access to personal information about the individual under the control of a government institution that is reasonably retrievable by the government institution, and request correction if the information is inaccurate (section 12).
Freedom of information legislation in Canada (6 P) Pages in category "Freedom of information in Canada" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Caroline Gran, Minister of Government Management Services “agreed to release the records after coming under attack for using government jets”. [4] Certain planes were detouring from regular government routes between Boundary Bay (Delta, BC) and Victoria Airport (BC, near the provincial capital) to land at Abbotsford Airport. Abbotsford ...