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Information & Ethics committee Thank you very much for the question. To clarify my role, I've been involved in the development of the bill, as opposed to making decisions about access to information requests. We have another unit at the Treasury Board Secretariat that is responsible for that. So I can respond
October 18th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee We have a very large set of policies that exist right now, as well as a manual that we provide. It's actually available online, so we can provide the information to the committee on that.
October 18th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee In fact, we have counsel here today, so if you give me a second, we'll get you an answer for that. I just want to make sure that we have the best answer possible for you.
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee Thank you for your indulgence, Mr. Chair. The best answer we can give you is that the duty to assist would require the ATIP coordinator to clarify with the requester, to try to get as much information as possible there, and then they'd have an obligation to proceed with the best
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee If the request would be impossible to fulfill, but.... There's already policy direction, which would pertain in the new world as well, which would say that if you have enough information to fulfill the request, the request has to be fulfilled, but—
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee The policy guidance helps an institution interpret the legislation, so that interpretation would still be the case, which is that as long as there is then.... These pieces of information are requested, and as long as there is “sufficient detail to enable an experienced employee o
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee Yes, to the best of the requester's ability. Yes.
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee That's correct. The duty to assist would require the institution to work with the requester to try to fill in any blanks.
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee That is already in the Access to Information Act.
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee Yes, in subsection 4(2.1). It's set out in the law now.
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee That's the intent of asking for that information from requesters, and without proposed paragraph 6.1(1)(a), that situation that you're asking about—
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee Then that's correct.
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee The best answer I can give you to that is that the need to receive a request in writing is necessary administratively for the system to operate. If the requester provides (a), (b), and (c) to the best of their ability, an institution is going to be required to respond to that req
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee Required by policy advice in addition to what we see set out here. There are supporting documents that give direction to institutions on how to apply the act.
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor
Information & Ethics committee Just to clarify, the requester has a right to complain to the Information Commissioner now, under the current proposed section 6, if they feel that an institution, inappropriately, is not responding to their request. A complaint could be made. Similarly, in the future, if the act
November 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Ruth Naylor