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Access to Information Act

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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]

51 relations: Access rights, AIA, Alan Riddell, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Assisted Human Reproduction Act, Atia, École Polytechnique massacre, Barry Mather, Brent Rathgeber, Canadian Afghan detainee issue, Canadian Forces Drug Control Program, Canadian privacy law, Christian Paradis, Coordination of Access to Information Requests System, Corruption in Canada, Defences in Canadian copyright law, Federal Accountability Act, Freedom of information in Canada, Freedom of information laws by country, Frontier Series, Info Source, Information commissioner, Jean Boyle, Joe Clark, John Baird (Canadian politician), Julian Fantino, Kenneth Charles Brown, Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, List of Acts of Parliament of Canada, List of Prime Ministers of Canada, Marc Adornato, Mary Dawson (civil servant), Millhaven Institution, Murray Rankin, Open by default, Operation Canopy, Privacy Act (Canada), Proactive disclosure, PROFUNC, Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, Quasi-constitutionality, Robert Marleau, Sexual assault in the Canadian Forces, Somalia Affair, Statistics Act, Timeline of the Canadian Afghan detainee issue, Treasury Board, Via Rail, Walter Baker (Canadian politician), 1982 in Canada, ..., 2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal. Expand index (1 more) »

Access rights

Access rights may refer to.

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AIA

AIA or A.I.A. may refer to.

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Alan Riddell

Alan Riddell is a bilingual labour relations lawyer and partner with the law firm of Soloway Wright LLP in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multinational treaty for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement.

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Assisted Human Reproduction Act

The Assisted Human Reproduction Act (the Act) is law enacted by the Parliament of Canada.

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Atia

Atia or ATIA may refer to.

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École Polytechnique massacre

The École Polytechnique massacre, also known as the Montreal massacre, was a mass shooting at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that occurred on December 6, 1989.

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Barry Mather

Barry Mather (20 February 1909 – 30 March 1982) was a Canadian journalist, columnist, and politician.

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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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Canadian Afghan detainee issue

The Canadian Afghan detainee issue concerns Government of Canada and/or the Canadian Forces (CF) knowledge of abusive treatment of detainees in Afghanistan.

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Canadian Forces Drug Control Program

The Canadian Forces Drug Control Program is a series of regulations established in 1992 to prevent drug use among members of the Canadian Forces (CF), under the broad regulation-making auspices of section 12 of the National Defence Act (NDA).

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Canadian privacy law

Canadian privacy law is derived from the common law, statutes of the Parliament of Canada and the various provincial legislatures, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Christian Paradis

Christian Paradis, (born January 1, 1974) is a Canadian politician who was the Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for Mégantic—L'Érable from 2006 to 2015.

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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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Corruption in Canada

Transparency International's 2016 Corruption Perception Index ranks the country as the 9th least corrupt nation out of 176 countries, and the least corrupt nation in the Americas.

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Defences in Canadian copyright law

In Canada, the Copyright Act provides a monopoly right to owners of copyrighted works.

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Federal Accountability Act

The Federal Accountability Act (full title: "An Act providing for conflict of interest rules, restrictions on election financing and measures respecting administrative transparency, oversight and accountability", here in this article shorthanded to FedAA) is a statute introduced as Bill C-2 in the first session of the 39th Canadian Parliament on April 11, 2006, by the President of the Treasury Board, John Baird.

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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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Frontier Series

The Frontier Series is the seventh series of banknotes of the Canadian dollar released by the Bank of Canada.

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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

The role of information commissioner differs from nation to nation.

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Jean Boyle

General Joseph Édouard Jean Boyle, CMM, CD (born November 23, 1947) is a former Canadian Chief of Defence Staff.

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Joe Clark

Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian elder statesman, businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979 to March 3, 1980.

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John Baird (Canadian politician)

John Russell Baird, (born May 26, 1969) is a Canadian former politician.

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Julian Fantino

Julian Fantino, (Giuliano Fantino; born August 13, 1942) is a Canadian retired police official and former politician.

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Kenneth Charles Brown

Kenneth Charles Brown (February 13, 1925–June 24, 2016) was a Canadian diplomat.

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Lac-Mégantic rail disaster

The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada, at approximately 01:15 EDT, on July 6, 2013, when an unattended 74-car freight train carrying Bakken Formation crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade from Nantes and derailed downtown, resulting in the fire and explosion of multiple tank cars.

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List of Acts of Parliament of Canada

This is an incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of Canada.

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List of Prime Ministers of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is an official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada.

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Marc Adornato

Marc Adornato (born June 7, 1977) is a contemporary Canadian artist artist based in Ottawa, Ontario, working in a variety of mediums including painting, mixed media, video and performance.

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Mary Dawson (civil servant)

Mary Elizabeth Dawson, is the former Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada.

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Millhaven Institution

Millhaven Institution (Établissement de Millhaven) is a maximum security prison located in Bath, Ontario.

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Murray Rankin

Murray Rankin, (born January 26, 1950) is a Canadian politician who is a member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party.

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Open by default

Open by Default, as widely used in the contexts of Open Government and Open Data, is the principle in which government makes its data accessible to the public by default, unless there is a sufficient justification to explain that greater public interest may be at stake, as a result of disclosure.

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Operation Canopy

Operation Canopy (OP Canopy) was the Canadian Forces (CF) participation in Canada efforts to help the residents of Kashechewan, Ontario during an evacuation of the community in late 2005.

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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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Proactive disclosure

Proactive disclosure is the act of releasing information before it is requested.

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PROFUNC

PROFUNC, an acronym for "PROminent FUNCtionaries of the communist party", was a top secret Government of Canada project to identify and observe suspected Canadian communists and crypto-communists during the height of the Cold War.

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Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act

The Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act (officially titled Bill C-30, originally titled Lawful Access Act) was a proposed amendment to the Criminal Code introduced by the Conservative government of Stephen Harper on February 14, 2012, during the 41st Canadian Parliament.

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Quasi-constitutionality

In Canada, the term quasi-constitutional is used for laws which remain paramount even when subsequent statutes, which contradict them, are enacted by the same legislature.

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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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Sexual assault in the Canadian Forces

Sexual assault in the Canadian Forces has been a pervasive issue affecting women, youth, and men in the Canadian Forces and Canadian Cadet Organizations.

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Somalia Affair

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

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Statistics Act

The Statistics Act is an Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in 1918 which created the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, now called Statistics Canada since 1971.

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Timeline of the Canadian Afghan detainee issue

The following is a timeline of events in the Canadian Afghan detainee issue. This includes many specific dates and statements.

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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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Via Rail

Via Rail Canada (generally shortened to Via Rail or Via; styled corporately as VIA Rail Canada) is an independent Crown corporation, subsidized by Transport Canada, mandated to offer intercity passenger rail services in Canada.

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Walter Baker (Canadian politician)

Walter David Baker, (August 22, 1930 – November 13, 1983) was a Canadian parliamentarian and lawyer.

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1982 in Canada

Events from the year 1982 in Canada.

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2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal

The 2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal (also known as the Robocall scandal, Robogate, or RoboCon) is a political scandal stemming from events during the 2011 Canadian federal election.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_to_Information_Act

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