Privy Council Office: Pension consequences of termination for cause of Governor in Council appointeesOne number, two requests
24 Sept 2026 · Access to Information Act · A-2026-00582
File opened under the number the Office had already given on 11 Sept to the request of 8 Sept. Fee waiver refused without reasons; the Office states the time for an answer has not begun. Complaint to the Information Commissioner 24 Sept.
Request under the Access to Information Act — pension consequences of termination for cause of Governor in Council appointees, 2000 to 2026 — with a request for a fee waiver under subsection 11(2)
Hello,
I make this request under section 6 of the Access to Information Act. I am a person present in Canada and entitled to make this request under subsection 4(1) of the Act as extended by the Access to Information Act Extension Order, No. 1.
CONTEXT.
Subsection 11(4) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act entitles a contributor compulsorily retired from the Force by reason of misconduct to a return of contributions, and to any further benefit only in the discretion of the Treasury Board. Subsection 11(10) does the same for members not holding a rank. On 23 September 2026 the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat wrote to me that "neither the Treasury Board nor the President of the Treasury Board has authority under the PSSA to reduce or withhold a public servant's pension benefit because the person was dismissed for misconduct." Deputy ministers are appointed by the Governor in Council on the advice of the Prime Minister, whose department is the Privy Council Office. The records below concern how the RCMP rule has been applied and assessed.
RECORDS REQUESTED.
Period: 1 January 2000 to the date this request is received, unless an item says otherwise.
1. Records that set out the consequences for entitlements under the Public Service Superannuation Act of the termination for cause of a Governor in Council appointee, including a deputy minister.
2. Guidance, policies and instructions of the Privy Council Office or of the Clerk of the Privy Council on the termination for cause of a deputy minister and its effect on pension entitlements.
3. Any record in which the Privy Council Office considered a rule withholding the employer-funded share of a pension from a Governor in Council appointee dismissed for misconduct. This includes any record on the repeal of the definition of misconduct in the Public Service Superannuation Act by 1999, c. 34, s. 53.
4. For each item above for which no responsive record exists, a statement to that effect, item by item, naming the officer who conducted the search, in accordance with the duty to assist in subsection 4(2.1) of the Act.
FEE.
I ask that the application fee be waived under subsection 11(2). The records concern the public interest in the accountability of federal officeholders, and my income is social assistance. If the fee is not waived, give the decision under subsection 11(2) in writing, with reasons and the name and title of the officer who made it.
DELIVERY.
By email, to this address. Confirm receipt with the file number and the date of receipt under section 7.
Respectfully,
Danilo Dzyuban