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Section III - Supplementary Information

Financial Highlights

Future-Oriented
Condensed Statement of Operations

For the Year (ended March 31)
($ thousands)
  $ Change Future-Oriented
2012–13
Future-Oriented
2011–12
Total Expenses (1,640) 13,272 14,912
Total Revenues 0 0 0
Net Cost of Operations (1,640) 13,272 14,912

 

Condensed Statement of Financial Position
For the Year (ended March 31)
($ thousands)
  $ Change Future-Oriented
2012–13
Future-Oriented
2011–12
Total assets (176) 1,690 1,866
Total liabilities (481) 1,978 2,459
Equity 305 (288) (593)
Total (176) 1,690 1,866

Future-Oriented Financial Statements

The detailed future-oriented financial statements can be found in the About Us/Corporate Information section of the Office of the Information Commissioner’s website.


Section IV - Other Items of Interest

Organizational Contact Information

Layla Michaud

A/Director General, Corporate Services
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
7th Floor, Place de Ville, Tower B
112 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 1H3
Tel.: 613-995-2864
Fax: 613-995-1501
Layla.michaud@oic-ci.gc.ca
OIC Website: www.oic-ci.gc.ca


Official Initiatives to Reform the ATI Act, 1977–2011

REPORTS

1

Green Paper:  Legislation on Public Access to Government Documents, Secretary of State, June 1977

2

Main Brief to House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs from Information Commissioner Inger Hansen, 1986

3

Open & Shut: Enhancing the Right to Know and the Right to Privacy, Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Solicitor General, 1987

4

Access and Privacy: The Steps Ahead, Government Response to Open & Shut, 1987

5

Annual Report of Information Commissioner John W. Grace, 1993-1994

6

Annual Report of Information Commissioner John M. Reid, 2000-2001

7

A Call for Openness, Report of the MP’s Committee on Access to Information (Chair: John Bryden), November 2001

8

Access to Information: Making it Work for Canadians, Report of the Access to Information Review Task Force, 2002

9

Response to the Report of the Access to Information Review Task Force, A Special Report to Parliament, Information Commissioner John M. Reid, 2002

10

An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and to make amendments to other Acts (Martin/Bryden Bill), 2004

11

A Comprehensive Framework for Access to Information Reform, A Discussion Paper, Department of Justice, 2005

12

The Draft Open Government Act was prepared by the OIC, John Reid, and tabled at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on October 25, 2005 (at the request of the Committee).

13

Strengthening the Access to Information Act, A Discussion of Ideas Intrinsic to the Reform of the Access to Information Act, Minister of Justice, April 11, 2006 

14

Restoring Accountability: Research Studies,vol. 2, Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, 2006, and Restoring Accountability: Recommendations

15

Federal Accountability Act, 2006, c. 9 [or Bill C-2]

16

Response to the Government’s Action Plan for Reform of the Access to Information Act (and Bill C-2), Information Commissioner John Reid, 2006

17

C-554: An Act to amend the Access to Information Act (open government) (Open Government Act), 2007-2008,  same as C-326, 2009 [ from Mr. Martin] and C-556:An Act to amend the Access to Information Act (Improved Access), 2007-2008 [from Mrs. Lavallée]

*those Bills are essentially the same unless otherwise indicated

18

Strengthening the Access to information Act to Meet Today’s Imperatives, Information Commissioner Robert Marleau, March 2009

19

The Access to information Act: First Steps Towards Renewal, ETHI, June 2009

20

Government Response to ETHI09

Subject specific reports

21

Access to Information and Privacy Coordinators: Their Status and Role, Treasury Board Secretariat, March 1988 [Coordinators]

22

Review of the Cost Associated with the Administration of the ATIP Legislation, and Review of the Cost Associated with Administering Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP Legislation), 1996, 2000 [costs]

23

The Access to Information Act and Cabinet Confidences: A Discussion of New Approaches, OIC, 1996 [Cabinet Confidences]

24

The Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners: the Merger and Related Issues (Mr. La Forest), November 15, 2005 (Part III: The Challenges of the Current Model)

25

Privacy Act Reform: Issue Identification and Review, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, June 16, 2000 [privacy]

26

Government Accountability for Personal Information: Reforming the Privacy Act, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, June 16, 2006 and Proposed Immediate Changes to the Privacy Act: Appearance before the ETHI, April 29, 2008 [privacy]

27

The Privacy Act: First Steps Towards Renewal, Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, June 2009 [privacy]

28

Interference with Access to Information, Part 1, Special Report to Parliament, Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault, March 2011 [confidentiality provisions]

29

Report Cards: Open Outlook, Open Access, Special Report to Parliament, Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault, March 2011 [exemptions/exclusions, Schedule I]

Endnotes

Endnote 1

Access to Information Act, http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-1/

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Endnote 2

OIC, Compliance Continuum, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr_ar-ra_2008–2009_9.aspx

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Endnote 3

Right to Know website, http://www.righttoknow.ca/en/Content/default.asp

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Endnote 4

OIC, Three-Year Plan, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr_spe-rep_rap-spe_rep-car_fic-ren_3_yrs_plan.aspx

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Endnote 5

Given the nature of our mandate, Legal Services is an integral part of our core Compliance program activity.

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Endnote 6

OIC, 2011–2014 Strategic Plan, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/abu-ans_cor-inf-inf-cor-stategic-planning-plan-strategique_2011-2014.aspx

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Endnote 7

OIC, 2011–2014 Strategic Plan, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/abu-ans_cor-inf-inf-cor-stategic-planning-plan-strategique_2011-2014.aspx

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Endnote 8

OIC, 2010–2013 Risk-Based Audit Plan, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/risk-based-audit-plan-plan-verification-fonction-du-risque-2010-2013.aspx

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Endnote 9

IBM and OIC, Deficit Reduction Action Plan of the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada

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Endnote 10

Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada, Info Source Bulletin Number 34B – Statistical Reporting, Access to Information Act and Privacy Act, 2010–2011 http://www.infosource.gc.ca/bulletin/2011/b/bulletin34b/bulletin34bpr-eng.asp?format=print

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Endnote 11

OIC, Action Plan Related to CRC Branch Audit, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/abu-ans_cor-inf-inf-cor_int-aud-ver-int_action-plan-plan-action.aspx

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Endnote 12

OIC, Compliance Continuum, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr_ar-ra_2008-2009_9.aspx

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Endnote 13

IBM and OIC, Deficit Reduction Action Plan of the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada

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Endnote 14

OIC, Internal Audit of the Intake and Early Resolution Unit (IERU), http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/abu-ans_cor-inf-inf-cor_int-aud-ver-int.aspx

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Endnote 15

OIC, Three-Year Plan, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr_spe-rep_rap-spe_rep-car_fic-ren_3_yrs_plan.aspx

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Endnote 16

OIC, Extension Notice Report, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rr-sl-odi-adi_2011_extension-notice-reports-rapports-prorogations.aspx

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Endnote 17

Open Government, Resolution of Canada’s Access to Information and Privacy Commissioners, September 2010, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr-ori-ari_2010_1.aspx

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Endnote 18

Seventh International Conference of Information Commissioners, October 2011, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rr-sl-odi-adi_2012_2.aspx

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Endnote 19

Open Outlook, Open Access, A Special Report to Parliament, March 2011, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr_spe-rep_rap-spe_rep-car_fic-ren_2009-2010.aspx

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Endnote 20

Suzanne Legault, Access to Information Dispute and the Resulting Court Actions Concerning CBC, October 2011, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/med-roo-sal-med_speeches-discours_2011_8.aspx

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Endnote 21

OIC, Interference with Access to Information, March 2011, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr_spe-rep_rap-spe_rep-car_fic-ren_2010-2011_interference-with-ati-interference-avec-ati.aspx

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Endnote 22

Letter on Open Government for the President of the Treasury Board, February 2012, www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rr-sl-odi-adi_2012_1.aspx

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Endnote 23

OIC, 2011–2014 Strategic Plan, http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/abu-ans_cor-inf-inf-cor-stategic-planning-plan-strategique_2011-2014.aspx

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Endnote 24

OIC, User Guide for Social Media Accounts,  http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/social-media-guide-guide-medias-sociaux.aspx

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