Access to information and privacy

Completed access to information requests – April 2012
Request Number Summary of Request Disposition Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-51366 Any materials and reports, including drafts and interim versions prepared in last six months in relation to Bill C-10: “Safe Streets and Communities Act”, in particular any records relating to the “Protection Vulnerable Foreign Nationals against Trafficking, Abuse and Exploitation Act” as it was incorporated into Bill C-10. Disclosed in part 121
A-2011-54536 Copies of certain memoranda and question period notes. Disclosed in part 56
A-2011-54539 Copies of certain memoranda. Disclosed in part 76
A-2011-54543 Copies of certain memoranda and papers. Disclosed in part 36
A-2011-54544 Copies of certain memoranda. Disclosed in part 25
A-2011-54545 Copies of certain memoranda. Disclosed in part 33
A-2011-54548 Copies of certain memoranda and question period notes. Disclosed in part 44
A-2011-55388 Certain e-mails in the system of Heidi Smith (Immigration Branch) from January 4, 2011 to February 24, 2011. Disclosed in part 28
A-2011-56231 Any and all information including records of consultations, research, memoranda, internal and external communications, records of meetings, public and private statements, legal advice, etc., regarding the formation, announcement, or implementation of the policy discussed in Operational Bulletin 359 (December 12, 2011): Requirements for candidates to be seen taking the Oath of Citizenship at a ceremony and procedures for candidates with full or partial face coverings. Disclosed in part 404
A-2011-56246

The following information referenced in Minister Jason Kenney's statement made in Montreal on December 9, 2011:

  1. Information, including identifiers, regarding the more than 2,100 individuals that Minister Kenney indicated obtained their citizenship fraudulently and whose citizenship is in the process of being revoked;
  2. Information, including identifiers, regarding the nearly 4,400 people with permanent resident status who Minister Kenney indicated are known to be implicated in residence fraud; and
  3. Information, including identifiers, regarding the nearly 1,400 people who have withdrawn or abandoned their citizenship applications because of this new scrutiny.
 Disclosed in part 17
A-2011-56248 All records, including but not limited to briefing notes, memoranda, handwritten notes, meeting minutes, etc., mentioning both citizenship ceremonies and garments worn by Muslim women, including but not limited to the burqa/burka, niqab, chador, and hijab, from June 15, 2011 to December 15, 2011. Disclosed in part 46
A-2011-56264 Certain e-mails in the system of Nicole Hull (Operational Management and Coordination). Disclosed in part 200
A-2011-57587 Certain e-mails in the system of Martha Justus (Research and Evaluation). Disclosed in part 460
A-2011-57762 Certain e-mails in the system of Brendon Rafferty (Operational Management and Coordination). Disclosed in part 173
A-2011-57786 Certain e-mails in the system of Jennifer McNaughtan (CPC Sydney). Disclosed in part 95
A-2011-58063

Information regarding the Federal Healthcare Partnership (FHP):

  1. The action plan initiated by CIC to meet the recommendations of the November 2004 Report of the Auditor General of Canada: Chapter 4 - Management of the Federal Drug Benefit Programs;
  2. The updates made by CIC in connection with its action plan;
  3. The reasons why CIC is not a partner involved in Section 3.10.1 Joint Pharmacy Negotiations outlined in the 2009-2010 FHP Annual Report.
 All disclosed 18
A-2011-58221 All documents, including memoranda, e-mails, correspondence, talking points, media lines, questions and answers, funding agreements, contracts, reports, meeting notes, phone logs, BlackBerry PINs, etc., from Tracie Leblanc regarding the organization, facilitation, preparation, or attendance of the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) at citizenship or reaffirmation ceremonies since January 1, 2009. Disclosed in part 53
A-2011-58391 All memoranda and briefing notes, in French and English, prepared for Deputy Minister Neil Yeates concerning the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) between January 1, 2011 and January 26, 2012. All disclosed 3
A-2011-58397 All briefing notes, information memos and other documents concerning the presentations made by Danielle Grondin, Director General of Health and Albert Deschamps, Director General of the Québec Regional Office, to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on February 3, 2011. Disclosed in part 10
A-2011-58471 All records produced by Susan MacPhee, Director of the  Economic Immigration Policy and Programs Division, relating to the issue of sanctions against Iran and their impact on the Investor-class immigration program between November 21, 2011 and February 2, 2012. Disclosed in part 31
A-2011-60263 The annual base salary, extra-duty, overtime pay and bonus/performance pay for fiscal year 2010-2011 for each driver to the Minister. Disclosed in part 58
A-2011-60363 All internal guides or guidelines used by agents at the Centralized Intake Office (CIO) to evaluate a candidate’s work experience (point 12 of the IMM 5612: Document Checklist – Permanent Residence – Federal Skilled Worker Class). Provide the tags, notes, directions, memoranda, operational guidelines that govern the agent’s decision to accept or reject the candidate’s work experience documents. Disclosed in part 9
A-2011-60987 All records related to how many citizenship ceremonies and citizenship reaffirmation ceremonies have been held in private since January 1, 2011 and how many individuals taking the citizenship oath or citizenship reaffirmation have refused to sign waivers allowing their image to be taken within this same time period. Disclosed in part 4
A-2011-61184 The number of Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) applicants whose applications have been successful after they have been removed from Canada pursuant to section 25 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). All excluded 0
A-2011-61369 All e-mail subject headers of Elizabeth Ruddick from January 21, 2012 to March 18, 2012. Does not exist 0
A-2011-61374 All e-mail subject headers of Les Linklater from January 21, 2012 to March 19, 2012. Disclosed in part 14
A-2011-61376 All e-mail subject headers of Nadine Gomm from January 20, 2012 to March 18, 2012. Disclosed in part 46
A-2011-61380 All e-mail subject headers of the Warsaw program manager from January 1, 2012 to March 18, 2012. Does not exist 0
A-2011-61382 All e-mail subject headers of Caroline Melis from January 21, 2012 to March 19, 2012. Disclosed in part 55
A-2011-61385 Copy of all Global Case Management System (GCMS) Newsletters (or similar products) from January 20, 2012 to March 18, 2012. All disclosed 35
A-2011-61453 All e-mail subject headers of Jessica Menchions from January 21, 2012 to March 18, 2012. Disclosed in part 29
A-2011-61457 All e-mail subject headers of Martha Justus from January 21, 2012 to March 18, 2012. Disclosed in part 52
A-2011-61458 All e-mail subject headers of the program manager for Hong Kong from January 1, 2012 to March 19, 2012. Does not exist 0
A-2011-61479 Certain e-mails in the system of Caroline Melis (Director General, Operational Management and Coordination). Disclosed in part 4
A-2011-61510

Information about the Federal Self Employed (FSE) applications that are waiting to be processed in the former visa office in Damascus as detailed in the following questions:

  1. How many applications under the Federal Self Employed program are waiting to be processed?
  2. How many applications have been processed in 2011?
  3. How many applications are intended to be processed in 2012?
  4. At the moment, the applications of which initial submission dates are being processed?
 All disclosed 6
A-2011-61517 All policy documents, policy frameworks, directives, guidelines, e-mails, communications, etc., substantiating Mr. Weil and Ms. Collymore's response in the attached letter, specifically: “It is not necessary to request permission for Crown Copyright Clearance. Once corporate information is released under the Access to Information Act you may choose to distribute it further if you desire, including your municipal library” All disclosed 6
A-2011-61752 All emails and other correspondence between CIC and the Sun News Network, Sun Media Corporation, or Quebecor Inc. between September 1, 2011 and March 21, 2012. Does not exist 0
A-2011-61758 All records, including but not limited to e-mails, briefing notes, question period cards, decks, media lines, handwritten notes, PINs, and PDF files, concerning a televised citizenship reaffirmation ceremony on the Sun News network from February 10, 2012 to March 21, 2012. Disclosed in part 14
A-2011-61761

Information relating to CIC’s employment in the City of North Bay, Ontario and the City of Sudbury, Ontario. Please include the following:

  1. The number of employees as of March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2000;
  2. The count of any individual whom reports to work regularly or remotely to either office; and
  3. The number and total number in each pay classification for the following:
    • North Bay full time indeterminate March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2000;
    • North Bay full time term employee March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2000;
    • Sudbury full time indeterminate March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2000;
    • Sudbury full time term employees March 1, 2012 and March 1, 2000.
 All disclosed 2
A-2011-61875 Information regarding immigration consultant Mr. Ye Tao. All excluded 0
A-2011-61896 The number of student applications that CIC received from Aero Academy Inc. in the last six months and the number that have been declined for whatever reasons. Does not exist 0

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