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Access to Information Act

Index Access to Information Act

The Access to Information Act (R.S., 1985, c. A-1) or Information Act (Loi sur l’accès à l’information) (the Act) is a Canadian Act providing the right of access to information under the control of a federal government institution. [1]

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Alasdair Roberts (academic)

Alasdair S. Roberts (born 1961) is a Canadian professor at the School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and author of articles and books on public policy issues, especially relating to government secrecy and the exercise of government authority.

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Article 19

Article 19 (stylized ARTICLE 19) is a British human rights organization with a specific mandate and focus on the defense and promotion of freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide founded in 1987.

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Auditor General of Canada

The role of the Auditor General of Canada is to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of federal government operations.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Brent Rathgeber

Brent M. Rathgeber (born July 24, 1964) is a lawyer, author and politician from Alberta, Canada.

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Cabinet (government)

A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the top leaders of the executive branch.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canada Border Services Agency

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) (Agence des services frontaliers du Canada; ASFC) is a federal agency that is responsible for border enforcement, immigration enforcement and customs services.

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Canadian Association of Journalists

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ; Association Canadienne des Journalistes) is one of several Canadian organizations of journalists.

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Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) is a standing committee of the House of Commons of Canada.

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Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST) is a standing committee of the House of Commons of Canada.

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Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is a Canadian non-governmental organization supported by Canadian journalists and advocates of freedom of expression.

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Canadian Newspaper Association

The Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) is the national organization of daily newspapers in Canada, founded in 1996.

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CBC.ca

CBC.ca is the English-language online service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-partisan & nonprofit international non-governmental organisation which works towards the practical realisation of human rights in the countries of the Commonwealth.

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Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada (Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a political party in Canada.

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Coordination of Access to Information Requests System

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.

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Crown copyright

Crown copyright is a form of copyright claim used by the governments of a number of Commonwealth realms.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Department of Finance Canada

Department of Finance Canada (Ministère des Finances Canada) operates under the Minister of Finance.

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Donald J. Savoie

Donald J. Savoie, is a Canadian university professor and expert in public administration and regional economic development.

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Dundurn Press

Dundurn Press is the largest Canadian-owned book publishing company of adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction in Canada.

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Federal Court of Canada

The Federal Court of Canada, which succeeded the Exchequer Court of Canada in 1971, was a national court of Canada that had limited jurisdiction to hear certain types of disputes arising under the federal government's legislative jurisdiction.

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Freedom of information in Canada

Freedom of information in Canada describes the capacity for the Canadian Government to provide timely and accurate access to internal data concerning government services.

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Freedom of information laws by country

Freedom of Information laws (FOI laws) allow access by the general public to data held by national governments.

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Gomery Commission

The Gomery Commission, formally the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, was a federal Canadian Royal Commission headed by Justice John Gomery for the purpose of investigating the sponsorship scandal, which involved allegations of corruption within the Canadian government.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada), formally Her Majesty's Government (Gouvernement de Sa Majesté), is the federal administration of Canada.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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Info Source

Info Source is a Government of Canada agency repository of information about or collected by the Canadian government.

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Information Commissioner of Canada

The Information Commissioner of Canada is an independent ombudsman and an officer of parliament of Canada who reports directly to the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate of Canada.

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Information technology

Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, or information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise.

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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with resolution 2200A (XXI) on 16 December 1966, and in force from 23 March 1976 in accordance with Article 49 of the covenant.

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Irwin Cotler

Irwin Cotler, PC, OC (born May 8, 1940) was the Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015.

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John H. Bryden

John H. Bryden (born July 15, 1943 in Dundas, Ontario) is a Canadian politician, journalist, and historian.

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John McKay (politician)

John Norman McKay, (born March 21, 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and politician.

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John Mercer Reid

John Mercer Reid, (born February 8, 1937) is the former Information Commissioner of Canada, former president of the Canadian Nuclear Association, and a former politician.

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John W. Grace

John William Grace (6 January 1927 – 5 February 2009) was the first Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

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Kevin Page

Kevin Page (born 1957) is a Canadian economist.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta.

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada (Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada.

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Library of Parliament

The Library of Parliament (Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Michael Ferguson (Auditor General)

Michael Ferguson was appointed Auditor General of Canada, effective November 28, 2011.

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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

The Minister of Justice is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the Department of Justice, chief federal legal adviser and is also Attorney General of Canada.

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Minister of Supply and Services (Canada)

Minister of Supply and Services was an office in the Cabinet of Canada from 1969 to 1996.

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National Post

The National Post is a conservative Canadian English-language newspaper.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Ombudsman

An ombudsman, ombud, or public advocate is an official who is charged with representing the interests of the public by investigating and addressing complaints of maladministration or a violation of rights.

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Open data in Canada

Open data in Canada describes the capacity for the Canadian Federal Government and other levels of government in Canada to provide online access to data collected and created by governments in a standards-compliant Web 2.0 way.

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Order Paper

The Order Paper is a daily publication in the Westminster system of government which lists the business of parliament for that day's sitting.

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Parliament of Canada

The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada) is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the national capital.

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Parliamentary Budget Officer

The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) provides independent, authoritative and non-partisan financial and economic analysis.

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Pat Martin

Patrick D. "Pat" Martin (born December 13, 1955 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician.

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Personally identifiable information

Personal information, described in United States legal fields as either personally identifiable information (PII), or sensitive personal information (SPI), as used in information security and privacy laws, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.

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Pierre Trudeau

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), often referred to by the initials PET, was a Canadian statesman who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979 and 1980–1984).

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Postmedia News

Postmedia News is a national news agency with correspondents in Canada, Europe, and the United States and is part of the Canadian newspaper chain owned by Postmedia Network Inc.

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President of the Treasury Board

The President of the Treasury Board chairs the Treasury Board of Canada and is responsible for accounting for the government's fiscal operations.

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Prime minister

A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Privacy

Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively.

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Privacy Act (Canada)

The Privacy Act (Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels) is Canadian federal legislation that came into effect on July 1, 1983.

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Privacy Commissioner of Canada

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is a non-partisan ombudsman and officer of the Parliament of Canada that investigates complaints filed by Canadians who feel their privacy rights have been violated and reports to Parliament on whether there has been a violation of the Privacy Act, which deals with personal information held by the Government of Canada, or the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which deals with personal information held in federally regulated private sector industries.

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Private member's bill

A private member's bill in a parliamentary system of government is a bill (proposed law) introduced into a legislature by a legislator who is not acting on behalf of the executive branch.

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Privy Council Office (Canada)

The Privy Council Office (Bureau du Conseil privé) is the secretariat of the federal cabinet of Canada, which is a committee of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, and provides non-partisan advice and support to the Canadian ministry, as well as leadership, coordination, and support to the departments and agencies of government.

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Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (often referred to colloquially as Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta) was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada are the sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution.

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Queen's Printer

The Queen's Printer (known as King's Printer during the reign of a male monarch) is typically a bureau of the national, state, or provincial government responsible for producing official documents issued by the Queen-in-Council, ministers of the Crown, or other departments.

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Reading (legislature)

A reading of a bill is a debate on the bill held before the general body of a legislature, as opposed to before a committee or an other group.

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Rob Nicholson

Robert Douglas "Rob" Nicholson, (born April 29, 1952), is a member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Niagara Falls for the Conservative Party.

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Robert Marleau

Robert Marleau, is a former Canadian federal public servant and former Information Commissioner of Canada.

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Secretariat (administrative office)

The secretariat of an organization is the department that fulfils its central administrative or general secretary duties.

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Solicitor General of Canada

The Solicitor General of Canada was a position in the Canadian ministry from 1892 to 2005.

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Somalia Affair

The Somalia Affair was a 1993 military scandal later dubbed "Canada's national shame".

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Sponsorship scandal

The sponsorship scandal, AdScam or Sponsorgate, is a scandal that came as a result of a Canadian federal government "sponsorship program" in the province of Quebec and involving the Liberal Party of Canada, which was in power from 1993 to 2006.

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Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.

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Stephen Harper

Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian economist, entrepreneur, and retired politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, from February 6, 2006, to November 4, 2015.

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Suffolk University Law School

Suffolk University Law School (also known as "Suffolk Law School").

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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The Canadian Press

The Canadian Press (CP; La Presse Canadienne) is a national news agency headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.

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Treasury Board

The Treasury Board is the central agency that reviews and approves spending by the Government of Canada.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.

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Université de Moncton

The Université de Moncton (abbr. U de M, transl. University of Moncton) is a French-language university located in Edmundston, Moncton and Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada serving the Acadian community of Atlantic Canada.

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University College London

University College London (UCL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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University of Toronto Press

The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian scholarly publisher and book distributor founded in 1901.

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41st Canadian Parliament

The 41st Canadian Parliament was in session from June 2, 2011 to August 2, 2015, with the membership of its House of Commons having been determined by the results of the 2011 federal election held on May 2, 2011.

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