Access to Information and Privacy - Crown Corporations

 Getting ready for Bill C-58: Crown Corporations

Bill C-58

Proactive Publication

Travel and Hospitality

Reports tabled in Parliament

FAQs

Events

NEW! Royal Assent of Bill C-58

Following royal assent, details of the key changes to the request system and the proactive publication requirements in the following documents:

• Message sent to the ATI Community
• The Updated ATIA: What You Need to Know
• – First things Crowns need to know about Parts 1 and 2
• Fact sheets and News release

General Information about Bill C-58

• Bill C-58 Status
  
• Bill C-58 Text
  
• Revitalizing access to information: Factsheets
• Preparing for Bill C-58 - Proactive Publication Requirements for Crown Corporations

Questions and Answers

What is the current status of Bill C-58, an Act to amend the Access to Information Act?

The status of the Bill is available on the Parliamentary website, and the latest version of the Bill can be found Bill C-58 here.

What changes are proposed in Bill C-58?

Bill C-58 creates a new Part 2 of the Access to Information Act that legislates proactive publication and expands coverage of the Act to new institutions not previously covered. The Bill also makes significant changes to the request-based system, including:

• Providing the Information Commissioner with order-making power
• Allowing government institutions to seek the Information Commissioner’s approval to decline to act on requests that are vexatious or made in bad faith
• Facilitating the sharing of access to information and personal information request processing services between institutions within the same Ministerial portfolio

A legislative summary can be found on the Library of Parliament’s website.

Other Related Content of Interest

Remarks by Francis Bilodeau, Assistant Secretary, Digital Policy and Services, the Federal Provincial and Territorial Information and Privacy Commissioners Conference, September 12, 2018