What's New

• Annual report of Canada’s Information Commissioner marks bold new direction
  
  

  Robert Marleau, Canada’s fourth Information Commissioner, tabled his 2007-2008 annual report in Parliament today. The report highlights the new direction Mr. Marleau has taken in his first year in office to better serve Canadians in the increasing complex world of access to information.

• June 10, 2008 Roundtable -- Modernizing the Access to Information Regime: A Public Policy Forum Workshop
  
  

  The Access to Information Act was adopted in 1983. Under the Act, all Canadian citizens and permanent residents have a right to be given access to any record under the control of a government institution. This right of access, now enshrined for twenty-five years, has become a fundamental pillar in ensuring the accountability of Canada’s federal government and its institutions.

• 2008 CONFERENCE FOR PRIVACY INVESTIGATORS
  
  SPEAKING NOTES FOR PANEL ON INTAKE AND EARLY RESOLUTION ANDREA NEILL
• Message from the Commissioner
  
  Opening the Office Door to Information - One year in Office
• Information Commissioner tables his 2006-2007 Annual Report
  
  This year’s annual report is, in a way, a hybrid report because, while it is mostly the report of the former Information Commissioner, John Reid, it is also the report of the new Information Commissioner, Robert Marleau, who began his term of office on January 15, 2007.
  The annual report highlights the direction and initiatives that the new Commissioner intends to pursue in the months and years to come.
• Information Commissioner tables his 2005-2006 Annual Report
  
  
• Response to the Government’s Action Plan for Reform of the Access to Information Act
  
  Including the reform elements contained in the proposed Federal Accountability Act and in the Discussion Paper of April 11, 2006: "Strengthening the Access to Information Act"
• Access to Information Act – Proposed Changes and Notes
  
  Proposed Changes To The Access To Information Act Presentation to the Committee on Access to Information, Privacy And Ethics
• Information Commissioner tables his 2004-2005 Annual Report
  
  This report marks the end of Mr. Reid’s seven-year term of service. Looking back over the past seven years, the report describes the "good news" and "bad news" in delivering the rights set out in the Access to Information Act. According to Mr. Reid: "the clear lesson of these seven years is that governments continue to distrust and resist the Access to Information Act and the oversight of the Information Commissioner."

• Modernizing the Access to Information
  Keynote address by Robert Marleau,
  Commissioner of Information of Canada
  Edmonton, Alberta (2008-6-19)
• A New Direction
  Presentation by Andrea Neil,
  Assistant Commissioner, Complaints Resolution and Compliance
  Moncton, New Brunswick (2008-6-17)
• Newfoundland and Labrador Access & Workshops 2008 Ebb & Flow: Navigating Access and Privacy
  A New direction, keynote address by Robert Marleau
  Commissioner of Information of Canada
  Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
  St. John's, Newfoundland (2008-6-11)

• Information Commissioner appeals a federal court decision that limits the scope of the Access to Information Act
  Ottawa, ON (2008-7-21)