Bill C-58 – First things ATIP Practitioners need

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Bill C-58 – First things ATIP Practitioners need to know June 2019 June 24, 2019 GCDocs # 35080026 Purpose Outline key changes that came into effect upon Royal Assent of Bill C-58 on June 21, 2019 2 PROACTIVE PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS Grants & Contributions Travel & Hospitality Contracts Position Reclassification Acts of Founded Wrongdoing Briefing Note Titles QP Notes Reports Tabled in Parliament Transition Binders Parliamentary Committee Binders Request processing Consistent with the Government’s policy since 2016 all fees other than the application fee are eliminated The government no longer has the authority to set or charge additional fees, such as fees for processing a request or reproduction of documents The amount of the application fee is set through regulation and is currently fixed at $5 No fees apart from the $5 application fee, s.11 3 Request processing Decline to act, s. 6.1 The head of the institution can, with the approval of the Information Commissioner, decline to act on a request if the head considers it vexatious, made in bad faith or otherwise an abuse of the right of access The head may decline to act on a request only if that request is made on or after Royal Assent Before seeking the Information Commissioner’s approval to decline to act on a request, an institution must make every reasonable effort to assist the person in connection with the request, including working with the requester to clarify the request (duty to assist, s. 4(2.1)) The period for responding to the request is suspended from the day that the institution communicates with the Information Commissioner, to the day the institution receives the Information Commissioner’s written decision (s. 6.1(1.2)) The institution must provide written notice to the requester of the suspension of the period for responding and of the reasons for the suspension (s. 6.1(1.3)) 4 5 Request processing If the Information Commissioner approves the institution’s request to decline to act, the institution must: Provide written notice to the requester including their reasons for declining to act (s. 6.1(2)) Refund the $5 application fee (policy) If the Information Commissioner denies the institution’s request to decline to act, the institution must provide written notice to the requester, including the date on which the period for responding resumed (s. 6.1(1.4)) Decline to act, s. 6.1 The names and titles of ministerial staff, as well as the fact that someone is or was a ministerial staff