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Preface and purpose
The Access to Information Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, Chapter A-1, 1985) was proclaimed on July 1, 1983.
The Access to Information Act gives Canadian citizens and permanent residents a broad right of access to information contained in government records, subject to certain specific and limited exceptions.
Section 94 of the Access to Information Act requires that the head of every government institution prepare, for submission to Parliament, an annual report on the administration of the Act within the institution during each financial year.
Section 20 of the Service Fees Act requires a responsible authority to report annually to Parliament on the fees collected by institutions.
This annual report is tabled in Parliament pursuant to section 94 of the Access to Information Act and section 20 of the Service Fees Act, and describes how Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada administered its responsibilities for the reporting period.
About the organization
Departmental Mandate
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) helps Canadian businesses grow, innovate and export so that they can create good quality jobs and wealth for Canadians. It also supports science research and the integration of scientific considerations into investment and policy choices. The Department helps small businesses grow through trade and innovation and promotes increased tourism in Canada. The Department also works to position Canada as a global centre for innovation where investments support clean and inclusive growth, the middle class prospers through more job opportunities and companies become global leaders.
ISED's efforts focus on improving conditions for investment, supporting science, helping small and medium-sized businesses grow, building capacity for clean and sustainable technologies and processes, increasing Canada's share of global trade, promoting tourism and building an efficient and competitive marketplace.
ISED works with Canadians in all areas of the economy and in all parts of the country to improve conditions for investment, to enhance Canada's innovation performance, increase Canada's share of global trade and build a fair, efficient and competitive marketplace.
ISED supports four Ministers:
- The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry;
- The Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages;
- The Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade; and
- The Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development
The Department also supports one Deputy Minister and one Associate Deputy Minister.
For more information on the Department's organizational mandate letter commitments, see the ministers' mandate letters.
Access to Information and Privacy Services
Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) Services is part of the Office of the Corporate Secretary (OCS) of ISED. The team has a complement of 16 employees consisting of one director, two managers and 13 advisors, all of whom are dedicated to processing Access to Information and Privacy requests, as well as related functions (e.g. policy and outreach). With the significant increase in business since 2015-2016 (92%), the team was allocated temporary funding for five (5) additional resources (PM2 to PM4). The team is also supported by three students, who were hired to perform various administrative activities.
Recruitment is ongoing due to a high turn-over (more than 25% in 2018-19) of full-time, qualified employees.
ATIP Services is responsible for the implementation and management of programs and services relating to the administration of the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act for the Department. Specifically, ATIP Services makes decisions on the disposition of access and privacy requests; promotes awareness of the legislation to ensure departmental responsiveness to statutory obligations; monitors and advises on departmental compliance with the Acts, regulations, procedures and policies; and acts as the spokesperson for ISED when dealing with the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Information Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner, and other government departments and agencies. ATIP Services is also responsible for consulting with other federal departments and third parties with respect to ATIP requests received.
Delegation of Authority
The current ATIP Delegation Order was approved in June 2016. Pursuant to section 73 of the Acts, the Minister has delegated full authority to the Corporate Secretary, the Director and the Managers of ATIP Services. The designation of the Corporate Secretary position is for the purposes of providing strategic support and advice to the executive management of the Department concerning ATIP issues, if and when required. For all daily ATIP activities and operations, the Director and the Managers of ATIP Services exercise full responsibility (see Appendix B).
The Director of ATIP Services is responsible for the development, coordination and implementation of effective policies, guidelines and procedures to manage the Department's compliance with the Acts. The administration of the legislation within the Department is managed by ATIP Services, but is also facilitated at the sector, branch and regional office levels. Each sector and corporate branch has an ATIP Liaison Officer (reporting to an Assistant Deputy Minister, Executive Director, etc.) who coordinates activities and provides guidance on the administrative processes and procedures of the Acts. ATIP Services, which is located in Ottawa, responds to all formal requests submitted to the Department under both Acts.
ATIP Policies, Procedures and Business Practices
To improve the administration of the ATIP program, and to ensure that Treasury Board ATIP policies are respected and implemented, ATIP Services regularly develops and updates various internal guidelines, procedures, and business practices.
The team continued implementing measures from past experiences and lessons learned to address a high volume of work. For example, team members further increased efforts in negotiating with applicants, conducted faster consultations with other government departments and third-parties, relied on research and evidence provided by program officials to reduce the amount of consultations overall, ensured timelines at all stages of the process were efficient, and that tracking and reporting mechanisms were effective.
Ongoing communication and collaboration across the department continued to be important to achieve the level of productivity required by the team.
The department now regularly uses Epost Connect™ to transmit responses to applicants electronically in a safe, secure and timely manner. Feedback from our clients who have signed up for this service has been positive.
This year, ATIP Services launched an updated Intranet site, where all departmental employees can access plans, reports, acts, regulations, policies, directives, procedures and checklists in one convenient area. A new Privacy Impact Assessment Policy and User Guide was also developed, and implemented.
ATIP Services continues to maintain its LEAN engineering practices by reviewing processes and eliminating redundant administrative activities on a continuing basis to ensure a high-level compliance and performance as well as positive communications with its clients and stakeholders.
Fees
The authority enabling ISED to collect fees under the Service Fees Act is the Access to Information Act. The department collects $5 in respect of each request. Total revenue collected for 2018-2019 was $3,210.
To reduce volume and deliver responses in more timely fashion, ISED will at times, separate requests that contain multiple subjects (e.g. briefing notes, etc.), and waive additional application fees in respect of these types of requests. In 2018-2019, ISED waived $820 in application fees through this practice.
Training and Outreach
Enhanced awareness and knowledge of ATIP obligations on the part of departmental officials has shown to improve the quality of responses and the Department's rate of compliance with legal obligations.
Even with the increased volume of business, the team managed to deliver 26 awareness/training sessions to departmental employees as compared to the ten provided in the previous year. In total, 441 employees received training, a significant increase from the previous year (25).
ATIP Services also took the lead in preparing the department for the implementation of Bill C-58, the Modernization of the Access to Information Act.
Access to Information – Trends and statistics
A summarized statistical report on Access to Information Act requests processed April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 is found at Appendix A. An explanation and interpretation of the information contained in the statistical report follows.
Statistical Report – Interpretation and Analysis
The Department received a total of 1,110 ATI requests. This represents a 34% decrease compared to the 1,700 requests received during the previous reporting period. In addition to the 1,110 new requests received, 379 incomplete requests were carried-over from the previous year, for a total caseload of 1,489 requests. Of the total 1,489 requests, 1,228 were closed during the reporting period, and 261 were carried forward to the next year.
Additionally, the Department also managed 439 consultation requests from other Government of Canada institutions and other organizations (416 new during the reporting period and 23 carried over from the previous year).
Of these 439 consultation requests, 361 were closed and 78 were carried forward to 2019-20.
The Department also received and completed 452 informal requests re-releasing an additional 42,521 pages.
The volume of pages processed (both access and consultation requests, including informal ones) totaled 290,797 pages – a decrease of 25% from the previous year. Of these pages, 219,275 pages were disclosed in part or in full, while the balance was either entirely exempt or excluded in keeping with legislative requirements. The volume of pages is reflective of the type of requests most frequently received – briefing notes and lists.
This reporting period, there are several significantly large files carried over into 2019-20 that are being processed (one related to telecommunication and others involving the Competition Act) that potentially involve in excess of 2 million pages.
Trends
Topics of requests received were similar to those reported in previous years, most notably relating to telecommunications, funding agreements, expenses, and business issues as well as requests for specific briefing notes on various topics relating to the Department's mandate.
This year, as with the previous two, briefing notes (including lists) was the number-one requested topic:
| Year | 2018-19
(1110) |
2017-18
(1700) |
2016-17
(1476) |
|---|---|---|---|
| % of Requests | 57% | 71% | 66% |
Levelling of costs and human resources
ATIP Services
Total salary costs associated with ATIP Services' administration of the Access to Information Act activities amounted to $1,144,852 for this reporting period. Non-salary costs amounted to $106,484 for a total cost of $1,251,336. This amount included the contracting services of a consultant for a four-month period.
The human resources required to administer the Access to Information Act amounted to 15.52 full-time equivalents (FTEs), including students, plus the consultant (0.28 FTE) for a total of 15.8 FTEs.
Department
Administrative costs as reported by program officials across the Department associated with retrieving, reviewing and providing information to ATIP Services amounted to $133,600. The human resources outside of ATIP Services required to retrieve documents and provide recommendations totaled 2.10 FTEs.
Total Costs
The overall cost to administer the Access to Information Act at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada amounts to $1,384,936 for the reporting period. Total human resources requirements for the reporting period was 17.90 FTEs.
Changes in requester source
Media and business were the most frequent types of requesters, representing 69% of all requests received in 2018-2019. Requesters who declined to identify themselves increased to 16% of all requests received during the reporting period, as compared to 12% the previous year.
Organizations and members of the Public submitted 12% of total requests received. As with previous years, academic institutions submitted the least amount of requests at 3%.
Improvements for completion time
The 1,228 requests closed by ISED during the reporting period were completed within the following timeframes:
- 336 within 1 to 15 days (28%)
- 371 within 16 to 30 days (30%)
- 160 within 31 to 60 days (13%)
- 185 within 61 to 120 days (15%)
- 60 within 121 to 180 days (5%)
- 79 within 181 to 365 days (6%)
- 37 within 366 or more days (3%)
An overall 88% on-time compliance level was achieved during the reporting period, a ranking of "C" based on the Information Commissioner's compliance formula. This represents a 1% decrease from last year's on-time compliance rate of 89%.
Ensuring Compliance
With respect to monitoring the processing time of requests, ATIP Services has continued the following business practices:
- Managers regularly review and monitor the status of access requests using the ATIP case management tool (Axcess-1);
- Managers regularly review the status of consultations processes on access requests using the ATIP case management tool (Axcess-1);
- Managers conduct weekly operational meetings with staff to review work plans and establish priorities; and
- Managers report weekly to the Director on requests to be closed as well as on-time compliance.
- The Director reports on the overall departmental performance to senior management on a monthly basis.
Frequency and reasons for not meeting statutory deadline
Of the 1,228 completed requests, the department was able to respond within legislated deadlines 88% of the time (1,053 requests). However, 175 requests were completed past the legal due date, compared to 169 the previous year. This represents a 3% increase in the number of requests that were not completed on time.
Factors that contributed to the slight decrease in on-time performance included a higher-than-ordinary volume of larger, more complex cases, and a high turn-over of experienced ATIP Advisors.
Disposition of requests
The disposition of the 1,228 completed requests is as follows:
- 169 were fully disclosed (14%)
- 769 were disclosed in part (63%)
- 133 had no existing records (11%)
- 76 requests were abandoned (5%)
- 48 requests were transferred (4%)
- 21 were all excluded (2%)
- 12 were all exempted (1%)
Records were fully disclosed in 14% of instances, as compared to 15% in 2017-18, while 63% were disclosed in part as compared to 68% the previous year. Also, records were fully exempted and excluded in only 1% and 2%, respectively, of requests, similar to 2017-18.
Limits to the right of access - Exemptions and Exclusions
Exemptions in accordance with sections 13 through 24 of the Access to Information Act were invoked by the Department as outlined at Appendix A. Several exempting provisions can be applied to withhold information in response to one request, and these are reported separately in the statistical report. However, the same exempting provision invoked to withhold information more than once within the same request is reported only once in the statistical report.
The statistics demonstrate that the Department invoked most of the exempting provisions throughout the reporting period, with sections 15, 19, 20 and 21being the most frequently used. This reflects the nature of the information held by the Department (e.g. third party, personal, advice/recommendations, and international affairs).
The department has four statutory exempting provisions recognized under the Access to Information Act relating to section 24; such exemptions are most frequently applied to information relating to the Competition Act and to the Investment Canada Act.
The Access to Information Act does not apply to published material, material available for purchase by the public, or confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, pursuant to sections 68 and 69 of the Act, respectively. As in the case of exemptions, Appendix A shows the types of exclusions invoked. The majority of the exclusions invoked by the Department to withhold information were related to Cabinet Confidences (section 69).
Complaints, Audits, Investigations and Appeals
Applicants have the right to register a complaint with the Office of the Information Commissioner regarding any matter relating to the processing of their requests, and several complaints can be linked to the same request.
The department received 34 new complaint notices during the reporting year, as compared to the 48 received in 2017-18, a 29% decrease. These 34 complaints represent 3% of the total ATI requests received for this reporting period. The types of complaints received have been identified in the table below.
The Commissioner also issued findings on 34 complaint investigations during the reporting period. The nature of these complaints and their findings are summarized below:
| Complaint type | Received | Completed | Findings |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Refusal – exclusions |
1 |
5 |
3 – discontinued 1 – not well-founded 1 – well-founded/resolved |
|
Refusal – exemptions |
16 |
9 |
3 – discontinued 1 – not well-founded 3 – well-founded/resolved 1 – well-founded/resolved (w/recommendations) 1 - resolved |
|
Refusal – general (i.e.: missing information, no records, etc.) |
6 |
6 |
1 – discontinued 1 – well-founded/resolved 4 – not well-founded |
|
Delay |
11 |
10 |
6 – resolved 3 – well-founded/resolved 1 – not well-founded |
|
Extensions |
0 |
4 |
3 – well-founded/resolved 1 – well-founded/resolved (w/recommendations) |
|
Total |
34 |
34 |
- |
The four Federal Court reviews (section 44) which were pending at the beginning of the reporting period were combined into one review, which was concluded on March 25, 2019. One new challenge was received during the reporting period, pursuant to section 41 of the Act.
No audits relating to the administration of ATIP legislation were concluded during the reporting period.
Appendix A – Statistical Report on the Access to Information Act
Name of institution: Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Reporting period: 2018-04-01 to 2019-03-31
- Part 1: Requests Under the Access to Information Act
- Part 2: Requests Closed During the Reporting Period
- Part 3: Extensions
- Part 4: Fees
- Part 5: Consultations Received From Other Institutions and Organizations
- Part 6: Completion Time of Consultations on Cabinet Confidences
- Part 7: Complaints and Investigations
- Part 8: Court Action
- Part 9: Resources Related to the Access to Information Act
Part 1: Requests Under the Access to Information Act
| Type of request | Number of Requests |
|---|---|
|
Received during reporting period |
1,110 |
|
Outstanding from previous reporting period |
379 |
|
Total |
1,489 |
|
Closed during reporting period |
1,228 |
|
Carried over to next reporting period |
261 |
| Source | Number of Requests |
|---|---|
|
Media |
601 |
|
Academia |
32 |
|
Business (private sector) |
161 |
|
Organization |
59 |
|
Public |
75 |
|
Decline to Identify |
182 |
|
Total |
1,110 |
| Completion Time | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 15 Days | 16 to 30 Days | 31 to 60 Days | 61 to 120 Days | 121 to 180 Days | 181 to 365 Days | More Than 365 Days | Total |
|
439 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
452 |
Part 2: Requests Closed During the Reporting Period
| Disposition of Requests | Completion Time | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 15 Days | 16 to 30 Days | 31 to 60 Days | 61 to 120 Days | 121 to 180 Days | 181 to 365 Days | More Than 365 Days | Total | |
|
All disclosed |
27 |
89 |
28 |
22 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
169 |
|
Disclosed in part |
172 |
160 |
120 |
152 |
58 |
74 |
33 |
769 |
|
All exempted |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
All excluded |
9 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
|
No records exist |
24 |
100 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
133 |
|
Request transferred |
48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
|
Request abandoned |
53 |
16 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
76 |
|
Neither confirmed nor denied |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
336 |
371 |
160 |
185 |
60 |
79 |
37 |
1,228 |
| Section | Number of Requests |
|---|---|
| 13(1)(a) | 10 |
| 13(1)(b) | 3 |
| 13(1)(c) | 8 |
| 13(1)(d) | 5 |
| 13(1)(e) | 0 |
| 14 | 0 |
| 14(a) | 38 |
| 14(b) | 6 |
| 15(1) | 0 |
| 15(1) - International Affairs | 91 |
| 15(1) - Defence of Canada | 0 |
| 15(1) - Subversive Activities | 0 |
| 16(1)(a)(i) | 0 |
| 16(1)(a)(ii) | 0 |
| 16(1)(a)(iii) | 0 |
| 16(1)(b) | 1 |
| 16(1)(c) | 8 |
| 16(1)(d) | 0 |
| 16(2) | 0 |
| 16(2)(a) | 0 |
| 16(2)(b) | 0 |
| 16(2)(c) | 57 |
| 16(3) | 0 |
| 16.1(1)(a) | 0 |
| 16.1(1)(b) | 0 |
| 16.1(1)(c) | 0 |
| 16.1(1)(d) | 0 |
| 16.2(1) | 0 |
| 16.3 | 0 |
| 16.4(1)(a) | 0 |
| 16.4(1)(b) | 0 |
| 16.5 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18(a) | 13 |
| 18(b) | 3 |
| 18(c) | 0 |
| 18(d) | 1 |
| 18.1(1)(a) | 0 |
| 18.1(1)(b) | 1 |
| 18.1(1)(c) | 0 |
| 18.1(1)(d) | 0 |
| 19(1) | 212 |
| 20(1)(a) | 1 |
| 20(1)(b) | 162 |
| 20(1)(b.1) | 1 |
| 20(1)(c) | 147 |
| 20(1)(d) | 6 |
| 20.1 | 0 |
| 20.2 | 0 |
| 20.4 | 0 |
| 21(1)(a) | 385 |
| 21(1)(b) | 413 |
| 21(1)(c) | 17 |
| 21(1)(d) | 3 |
| 22 | 6 |
| 22.1(1) | 0 |
| 23 | 35 |
| 24(1) | 26 |
| 26 | 0 |
| Section | Number of Requests |
|---|---|
| 68(a) | 9 |
| 68(b) | 0 |
| 68(c) | 0 |
| 68.1 | 0 |
| 68.2(a) | 0 |
| 68.2(b) | 0 |
| 69(1) | 0 |
| 69(1)(a) | 15 |
| 69(1)(b) | 0 |
| 69(1)(c) | 2 |
| 69(1)(d) | 9 |
| 69(1)(e) | 22 |
| 69(1)(f) | 1 |
| 69(1)(g) re (a) | 93 |
| 69(1)(g) re (b) | 0 |
| 69(1)(g) re (c) | 73 |
| 69(1)(g) re (d) | 13 |
| 69(1)(g) re (e) | 17 |
| 69(1)(g) re (f) | 6 |
| 69.1(1) | 0 |
| Disposition | Paper | Electronic | Other Formats |
|---|---|---|---|
|
All disclosed |
11 |
158 |
0 |
|
Disclosed in part |
43 |
726 |
0 |
|
Total |
54 |
884 |
0 |
2.5 Complexity
| Disposition of Requests | Number of Pages Processed | Number of Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests |
|---|---|---|---|
|
All disclosed |
28,670 |
25,704 |
169 |
|
Disclosed in part |
189,515 |
137,160 |
769 |
|
All exempted |
3,967 |
0 |
12 |
|
All excluded |
780 |
0 |
21 |
|
Request abandoned |
9,520 |
1,211 |
76 |
|
Neither confirmed nor denied |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Disposition | Less Than 100
Pages Processed |
101-500
Pages Processed |
501-1000
Pages Processed |
1001-5000
Pages Processed |
More Than 5000
Pages Processed |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | |
|
All disclosed |
155 |
2,208 |
10 |
2,001 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1,557 |
2 |
19,918 |
|
Disclosed in part |
592 |
8,675 |
119 |
17,252 |
29 |
11,967 |
25 |
29,016 |
4 |
70,250 |
|
All exempted |
4 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
All excluded |
19 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Request abandoned |
72 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1,203 |
0 |
0 |
|
Neither confirmed nor denied |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
842 |
10,891 |
138 |
19,253 |
30 |
11,967 |
31 |
31,796 |
6 |
90,168 |
| Disposition | Consultation Required | Assessment of Fees | Legal Advice Sought | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All disclosed |
76 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
76 |
|
Disclosed in part |
952 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
966 |
|
All exempted |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
All excluded |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
Request abandoned |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Neither confirmed nor denied |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
1,016 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
1,030 |
2.6 Deemed refusals
| Number of Requests Closed Past the Statutory Deadline | Principal Reason | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workload | External Consultation | Internal Consultation | Other | |
|
175 |
100 |
30 |
20 |
25 |
| Number of Days Past Deadline | Number of Requests Past Deadline Where No Extension Was Taken | Number of Requests Past Deadline Where An Extension Was Taken | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 to 15 days |
10 |
5 |
15 |
|
16 to 30 days |
7 |
3 |
10 |
|
31 to 60 days |
9 |
18 |
27 |
|
61 to 120 days |
5 |
23 |
28 |
|
121 to 180 days |
6 |
19 |
25 |
|
181 to 365 days |
17 |
32 |
49 |
|
More than 365 days |
4 |
17 |
21 |
|
Total |
58 |
117 |
175 |
| Translation Requests | Accepted | Refused | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
English to French |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
French to English |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Part 3: Extensions
| Disposition of Requests Where an Extension Was Taken | 9(1)(a)
Interference With Operations |
9(1)(b)
Consultation |
9(1)(c)
Third-Party Notice |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section 69 | Other | |||
|
All disclosed |
13 |
0 |
24 |
9 |
|
Disclosed in part |
100 |
98 |
141 |
125 |
|
All exempted |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
All excluded |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
|
No records exist |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Request abandoned |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Total |
121 |
104 |
171 |
137 |
| Length of Extensions | 9(1)(a)
Interference With Operations |
9(1)(b)
Consultation |
9(1)(c)
Third-Party Notice |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section 69 | Other | |||
|
30 days or less |
80 |
8 |
78 |
0 |
|
31 to 60 days |
20 |
26 |
39 |
137 |
|
61 to 120 days |
15 |
67 |
48 |
0 |
|
121 to 180 days |
4 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
181 to 365 days |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
365 days or more |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
121 |
104 |
171 |
137 |
Part 4: Fees
| Fee Type | Fee Collected | Fee Waived or Refunded | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Requests | Amount | Number of Requests | Amount | |
|
Application |
642 |
$3,210 |
164 |
$820 |
|
Search |
0 |
$0 |
0 |
$0 |
|
Production |
0 |
$0 |
0 |
$0 |
|
Programming |
0 |
$0 |
0 |
$0 |
|
Preparation |
0 |
$0 |
0 |
$0 |
|
Alternative format |
0 |
$0 |
0 |
$0 |
|
Reproduction |
0 |
$0 |
0 |
$0 |
|
Total |
642 |
$3,210 |
164 |
$820 |
Part 5: Consultations Received From Other Institutions and Organizations
| Consultations | Other Government of Canada Institutions | Number of Pages to Review | Other Organizations | Number of Pages to Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Received during reporting period |
398 |
9,934 |
18 |
362 |
|
Outstanding from the previous reporting period |
23 |
5,528 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
421 |
15,462 |
18 |
362 |
|
Closed during the reporting period |
345 |
12,331 |
16 |
348 |
|
Pending at the end of the reporting period |
76 |
3,131 |
2 |
14 |
| Recommendation | Number of Days Required to Complete Consultation Requests | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 15 Days | 16 to 30 Days | 31 to 60 Days | 61 to 120 Days | 121 to 180 Days | 181 to 365 Days | More Than 365 Days | Total | |
|
Disclose entirely |
74 |
28 |
21 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
128 |
|
Disclose in part |
46 |
43 |
61 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
170 |
|
Exempt entirely |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
Exclude entirely |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Consult other institution |
17 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
|
Other |
6 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
|
Total |
144 |
87 |
87 |
24 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
345 |
| Recommendation | Number of Days Required to Complete Consultation Requests | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 15 Days | 16 to 30 Days | 31 to 60 Days | 61 to 120 Days | 121 to 180 Days | 181 to 365 Days | More Than 365 Days | Total | |
|
Disclose entirely |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Disclose in part |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
Exempt entirely |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Exclude entirely |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Consult other institution |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Total |
6 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Part 6: Completion Time of Consultations on Cabinet Confidences
| Number of Days | Fewer Than 100 Pages Processed | 101-500 Pages Processed | 501-1000 Pages Processed | 1001-5000 Pages Processed | More Than 5000 Pages Processed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | |
|
1 to 15 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
99 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
16 to 30 |
47 |
726 |
9 |
1,287 |
1 |
220 |
2 |
729 |
0 |
0 |
|
31 to 60 |
52 |
421 |
11 |
1,284 |
1 |
167 |
1 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
|
61 to 120 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
121 to 180 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
181 to 365 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
More than 365 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
100 |
1,149 |
22 |
2,710 |
2 |
387 |
3 |
759 |
0 |
0 |
| Number of Days | Fewer Than 100 Pages Processed | 101500 Pages Processed | 501-1000 Pages Processed | 1001-5000 Pages Processed | More Than 5000 Pages Processed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | Number of Requests | Pages Disclosed | |
|
1 to 15 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
16 to 30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
31 to 60 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
162 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
61 to 120 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
121 to 180 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
181 to 365 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
More than 365 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
1 |
3 |
1 |
162 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Part 7: Complaints and Investigations
| Section 32 | Section 35 | Section 37 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
31 |
1 |
2 |
34 |
Part 8: Court Action
| Section 41 | Section 42 | Section 44 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Part 9: Resources Related to the Access to Information Act
| Expenditures | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
|
Salaries |
$1,144,852 |
|
|
Overtime |
$0 |
|
|
Goods and Services |
$ 106,484 |
|
|
• Professional services contracts |
$71,775 |
- |
|
• Other |
$34,706 |
|
|
Total |
$1,251,336 |
|
| Resources | Person Years Dedicated to Access to Information Activities |
|---|---|
|
Full-time employees |
14.25 |
|
Part-time and casual employees |
0.00 |
|
Regional staff |
0.00 |
|
Consultants and agency personnel |
0.28 |
|
Students |
1.27 |
|
Total |
15.80 |
Appendix B – Delegation order
Industry Canada (to be known as Innovation, Science and Economic Development) /
Industrie Canada (qui sera connu sous le nom d'Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique)
Access to Information Act and Privacy Act Delegation Order
Arrêté sur la délégation en vertu de la Loi sur l'accès à l'information et de la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels
|
The Minister of Industry Canada, pursuant to section 73 of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, hereby designates the persons holding the positions set out in the schedule hereto, or the persons occupying on an acting basis those positions, to exercise the powers and functions of the Minister as the head of a government institution, under the section of the Acts set out in the schedule opposite each position. This Delegation Order supersedes all previous Delegation Orders |
En vertu de l'article 73 de la Loi sur l'accès à l'information et la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels, le Ministre d'Industrie Canada délègue aux titulaires des postes mentionnés à l'annexe ci-après, ainsi qu'aux personnes occupant à titre intérimaire les-dits postes, les attributions dont il est, en qualité de responsable d'une institution fédérale, investie par les articles des lois mentionnées en regard de chaque poste. Le présent décret de délégation remplace et annule tout décret antérieur |
|
Schedule / Annexe |
||
|
Position / Poste |
Access to information Act and Regulations / Loi sur l'accès à l'information et règlements |
Privacy Act and Regulations / Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels et règlements |
|
Corporate Secretary / Secrétaire général |
Full authority / Autorité absolue |
Full authority / Autorité absolue |
|
Director, Access to Information and Privacy ( ATIP ) Services / Directeur (trice), Service de l'accès à l'information et à la protection des renseignements personnels ( AIPRP ) |
Full authority / Autorité absolue |
Full authority / Autorité absolue |
|
Manager, ATIP Services / Gestionnaire, Services de l' AIPRP |
Full authority / Autorité absolue |
Full authority / Autorité absolue |
|
And / et |
||
|
Senior Advisor, ATIP Services / Conseiller (ère) principal(e), Services de l' AIPRP |
Section / Articles : 7, 8(1), 9, 11(4)(5), 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27(1), 68, 69 |
Section / Articles : 8(1), 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 69, 70 |
|
Dated, at the City of Ottawa
|
Daté, en la ville d'Ottawa
|
|
Original signed by the Honourable Navdeep Singh Bains
Minister of Industry (to be known as Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development) /
L'original a été signé par l'Honorable Navdeep Singh Bains
le Ministre d'Industrie Canada (sera identifié comme Ministre de l'Innovation, des sciences et du développement économique)
The Honourable Navdeep Singh Bains
Minister of Industry
Ministre d'Industrie Canada
l'Honorable Navdeep Singh Bains