Ms. Lyne Roy at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On October 17th, 2022. See this statement in context.

October 17th, 2022 / 4:05 p.m.

Senior Director, Access, Privacy, Transparency and Mail Services, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Once again, it depends on the number of documents involved and the number of access to information requests the organization receives.

Each request is processed based on its priority and a lot of other factors. One situation that arises is that consultations are necessary, and then the other institutions and third parties concerned have to be given the time they need to provide us with the required information. In those cases, yes, it can take up to 240 days to reply to a request.

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