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Annual Report: 2001-2002
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
A: The Government's Performance
I. When the Going Gets Tough ---
II. Overall Grade
III. Performance Negatives
Antiterrorism and Secrecy
Ministers' Offices: The Expanding Zone of Secrecy
Poor Treatment of Access Requesters
- Incident #1 - Intimidating a Requester
- Incident #2 - Misleading a Requester
Delays: The Bad News
IV. Performance Positives
Delays: the Good News
- Summary of Report Card Results
- Better Assessment Tools
Treasury Board Initiatives
B: The Commissioner's Performance
Losing Patience about Delays
Delays in the Commissioner's Office
Resolving Complaints
Quality of Relationship with Government
Demystifying the Process
- Procedural Guidelines
- Training
- Publication of Precedents
CHAPTER II:
OPERATIONS - THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Formality vs Informality
CHAPTER III:
CASE SUMMARIES
Who Received Performance Bonuses?
Assessing Environmental Impact of CANDU Reactors
Duplicate Vehicle Registrations
The Collection of Duties on International Mail
Knowing Who to Ask
The Art of Fee Estimation
The Flip Side of the Coin
The Scope of Cabinet Secrecy
Obtaining Data on the Handling of Access Requests
Status of Air Traffic Control Communications
Cumulative Index of Case Summaries - 1994-2002
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 6
Section 7
Section 9
Section 11
Section 13
Section 14
Section 17
Section 18
Section 19
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
Section 25
Section 31
Section 36
Section 69
Section 71
Section 73
CHAPTER IV:
THE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT
AND THE COURTS
A. The Role of the Federal Court
B. The Commissioner in the Courts
i) Cases Completed
Canada (Information Commissioner) and TeleZone Inc. v. Canada (Minister of Industry)
Canada (Information Commissioner) v. Canada (Minister of Industry)
Attorney General of Canada and Janice Cochrane v. Canada (Information Commissioner of Canada)
Information Commissioner of Canada v. The Attorney General of Canada and Janice Cochrane
Canada (Information Commissioner) v. Canada (Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board)
ii) Cases in Progress
Commissioner as applicant
The Information Commissioner of Canada v. The Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Privacy Commissioner of Canada
The Information Commissioner of Canada v. Canada Post Corporation and Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada and Peter Howard
The Information Commissioner of Canada v. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and P. Pirie
The Minister of Environment Canada v. The Information Commissioner of Canada and Ethyl Canada Inc.
The Information Commissioner of Canada v. The Attorney General of Canada and Brigadier General Ross
The Information Commissioner of Canada v. The Executive Director of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board
Commissioner as respondent
The Attorney General of Canada et al. v. The Information Commissioner of Canada
Mertie Anne Beatty et al. v. The Chief Statistician et al.
Commissioner as intervener
The Attorney General of Canada et al. v. Babcock et al.
Canada Tobacco Manufacturer's Council A and B (Confidential) v. The Minister of National Revenue, The Information Commissioner of Canada and Robert Cunningham
C. Cases not involving the Commissioner
Atlantic Prudence Fund Corp. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
Rubin v. Canada (Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade)
Imperial Consultants Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP. v. Canada (Minister of Canadian Heritage)
Rubin v. Canada (Minister of Health)
Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. v. Canada (Minister of National Defence)
Siemens Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Minister of Public Works and Government Services)
Blank v. Canada (Minister of the Environment)
Merck Frosst Canada Inc. v. Canada (Minister of National Health)
Wyeth-Ayerst Canada Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)
Delkalb Canada Inc. v. Canada (Agriculture and Agri-Food)
Air Transat A.T. Inc. v. Canada (Transport)
Cistel Technology Inc. v.. Canada (Correctional Service)
CHAPTER V:
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES
CHAPTER VI:
CORPORATE SERVICES
CHAPTER VII:
REPORT CARDS
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Transport Canada
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Department of National Defence
Department of Foreign Affairsand International Trade
Last Modified 2002-06-06
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