Ms. Caroline Maynard at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On May 14th, 2019. See this statement in context.

May 14th, 2019 / 4 p.m.

Information Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada

No, this will be based only on what is already set out in the act and will apply to new requests only.

All the files currently being processed will be subject to the current act. I will be able to use the new provisions on new requests to help us better process the complaints.

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