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21 October 2026

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Privacy Act, Canada

Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21, s. 14 · thirty days from receipt
The records of an RCMP file in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
File P-2026-07813 · received 24 Aug 2026
Extended by 30 days under paragraph 15(a)(i); the answer is due 23 Oct.
+4d
due 23 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
File 116-2026-699 · AORS EP2026_0628726 · received 25 Sept 2026
29 Sept: the Service confirmed receipt of the identification.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
File P-2026-00044 · AORS EP2026_0628736 · received 25 Sept 2026
29 Sept: receipt acknowledged. The Establishment dates receipt 28 Sept.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
File not yet assigned · AORS EP2026_0628752 · received 25 Sept 2026
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Canada Border Services Agency
File P-2026-54124 · AORS EP2026_0628770 · received 25 Sept 2026
13 Oct: a new file number after identification.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
File not yet assigned · Online request 4744473 · received 25 Sept 2026
25 Sept: receipt acknowledged.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
File P-2026-00232-AX · AORS EP2026_0628780 · received 25 Sept 2026
28 Sept: placed on hold by the Board pending identification, to be treated as abandoned on 27 Oct. Identification sent the same day.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Public Safety Canada
File P-2026-00050 · AORS EP2026_0628782 · received 25 Sept 2026
28 Sept: file opened. The Department dates receipt 28 Sept.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Global Affairs Canada
File P-2026-00867 · AORS EP2026_0628786 · received 25 Sept 2026
28 Sept: file opened. The Department dates receipt 28 Sept and asked for identification before processing. Identification sent the same day.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
File P-2026-04343 · AORS EP2026_0628792 · received 25 Sept 2026
1 Oct: placed on hold a second time, on six new conditions none of which the Act contains. Answered the same day.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Privy Council Office
File P-2026-00025 · AORS EP2026_0628794 · received 25 Sept 2026
29 Sept: file opened. The Office dates receipt 28 Sept and gives 28 Oct as the due date.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Department of Justice Canada
File X-P-2026-00081 · AORS EP2026_0628800 · received 25 Sept 2026
7 Oct: the clarification answered, with identification. The Department writes it will treat the request as abandoned on 23 Oct.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
File not yet assigned · AORS EP2026_0628802 · received 25 Sept 2026
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence

Freedom of Information Act, United States

5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(A) · twenty working days from receipt
NORAD and United States Northern Command
Cost to the United States of the defence of Canadian territory and of the NORAD mission.
File 26-R-057 · received 19 Sept 2026
24 Sept: case number assigned, all four items accepted. Fee waiver denied without reasons.
+8d
due 19 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
U.S. Department of State
Records on the extension of United States nuclear deterrence to Canada.
File not yet assigned · received 20 Sept 2026
Filed by fax. No acknowledgement, no case number.
+8d
due 19 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Department of War, FOIA Appeals Team
Appeal of the denial of the fee waiver on case 26-R-057.
File 26-AC-0132-A1 · received 24 Sept 2026
28 Sept: the office dates receipt 28 Sept and writes that it is “unable to complete your appeal within the statutory time requirement”.
+4d
due 23 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Office of the Secretary of War and Joint Staff
The instrument of the assurance to Canada against nuclear attack, and the consultations with Canada.
File not yet assigned · received 28 Sept 2026
+0d
due 27 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
United States Strategic Command
The extension of nuclear deterrence to Canada.
File not yet assigned · received 28 Sept 2026
+0d
due 27 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff
Operations against the cartels after the notice of 1 October 2025, operations in Mexico, and orders to stop.
File not yet assigned · received 6 Oct 2026
7d
due 4 Nov 2026
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NORAD and United States Northern Command
Orders and operations on the territory of Mexico, orders to hold, requests to Mexico.
File not yet assigned · received 6 Oct 2026
7d
due 4 Nov 2026
Running
United States Southern Command
Every strike on vessels since 2 September 2025, orders to stop, and the reports under the War Powers Resolution.
File not yet assigned · received 6 Oct 2026
7d
due 4 Nov 2026
Running
U.S. Department of State
Correspondence with Mexico on consent to operations, and advice not to strike.
File not yet assigned · received 6 Oct 2026
7d
due 4 Nov 2026
Running

Access to Information Act, Canada

Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, s. 7 · thirty days from receipt
Article X of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the assurances of allied states on the defence of Canada against nuclear attack, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
File A-2026-00736 · received 29 Aug 2026
29 Sept: deemed refusal. Complaint to the Information Commissioner.
+29d
due 28 Sept 2026
Refused by silence
Legal opinions on Article 5 and Article 13 of the North Atlantic Treaty and on the termination of the NORAD Agreement, and the state Canada relies upon for deterrence against nuclear attack.
File A-2026-00737 · received 31 Aug 2026
16 Oct: the supplement on the late notice of extension registered by the Information Commissioner.
+26d
due 1 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Assessments of allied assurances to defend Canada against nuclear attack, an independent Canadian deterrent, and the nuclear certification of aircraft.
File A-2026-01143 · received 31 Aug 2026
17 Sept: the Department “neither confirms nor denies records exist”, s. 10(2). No record released. Complaint to the Information Commissioner 20 Sept, file 5826-04347.
day 17
due 1 Oct 2026
Refused 17 Sept
The instrument that records an obligation of any state to defend Canada against nuclear attack, the NORAD Agreement and the North Atlantic Treaty.
File A-2026-01144 · received 31 Aug 2026
17 Sept: the Department “neither confirms nor denies records exist”, s. 10(2). No record released. Complaint to the Information Commissioner 20 Sept, file 5826-04346.
day 17
due 1 Oct 2026
Refused 17 Sept
Emergency management plans for nuclear attack and for war under s. 6(1) of the Emergency Management Act.
File A-2026-01154 · received 31 Aug 2026
17 Sept: the Department “neither confirms nor denies records exist”, s. 10(2). No record released. Complaint to the Information Commissioner 20 Sept, file 5826-04348.
day 17
due 1 Oct 2026
Refused 17 Sept
Cabinet-level records on allied assurances against nuclear attack, the statements of the United States on the annexation of Canada, and an independent Canadian deterrent.
File A-2026-00579 · received 31 Aug 2026
2 Oct: deemed refusal. Second complaint to the Information Commissioner; the first is file 5826-04322.
+26d
due 1 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
The repeal in 1999 of the definition of misconduct in the Public Service Superannuation Act.
File A-2026-00378 · received 2 Sept 2026
3 Oct: deemed refusal added to the complaint before the Information Commissioner.
+25d
due 2 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Health Canada
Meetings with industry before the guidance of 18 May 2022 on products of plant breeding, and the count of gene-edited foods disclosed since.
File not yet assigned · received 2 Sept 2026
10 Sept: application fee waived in writing. No file number given.
3 Oct: deemed refusal. Complaint to the Information Commissioner.
+25d
due 2 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Briefing notes to the Minister and correspondence with industry on the approval of the guidance of 3 May 2023 for gene-edited seeds.
File not yet assigned · received 2 Sept 2026
3 Oct: deemed refusal. Complaint to the Information Commissioner.
+25d
due 2 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Briefings to the Prime Minister and the Clerk of the Privy Council on the falling fertility rate, and the official who answers for it.
File A-2026-00580 · received 4 Sept 2026
11 Sept: file opened. Fee waiver refused without reasons. The Office states the statutory period has not begun.
+22d
due 5 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Whether a strategic environmental assessment was required for three federal decisions on gene-edited plants, 2022 to 2024.
File A-2026-00581 · received 8 Sept 2026
25 Sept: complaint to the Information Commissioner.
+19d
due 8 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
The federal response to the fertility rate.
File A-2026-00582 · received 8 Sept 2026
24 Sept: the Office gave the same file number to a second request.
+19d
due 8 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
File A-2026-50926 · received 9 Sept 2026
22 Sept: items 1 to 7 accepted, three additions refused; then declared abandoned and held. 16 Oct: complaint to the Information Commissioner.
+18d
due 9 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
National Defence
Records of HQ NORAD held by Department personnel, and the Department’s position that such records are not under its control.
File not yet assigned · received 23 Sept 2026
24 Sept: receipt acknowledged by a clerk, without a file number.
+4d
due 23 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Compulsory retirements for misconduct and submissions to the Treasury Board under s. 11(4) of the RCMP Superannuation Act, 2000 to 2026.
File not yet assigned · received 24 Sept 2026
+3d
due 24 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Decisions of the Treasury Board under s. 11(4) of the RCMP Superannuation Act, 2000 to 2026.
File not yet assigned · received 24 Sept 2026
28 Sept: an Assistant Secretary wrote that the request is “considered incomplete” until the fee is received. The letter names no provision of the Act and gives no file number.
+3d
due 24 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Pension consequences of termination for cause of Governor in Council appointees, 2000 to 2026.
File A-2026-00582 · received 24 Sept 2026
24 Sept: fee waiver refused without reasons. The Office states the statutory period has not begun. Complaint to the Information Commissioner the same day.
+3d
due 24 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
The Department’s assessments of s. 11(4) of the RCMP Superannuation Act, 2000 to 2026.
File A-2026-00268 · received 24 Sept 2026
19 Oct: one sentence, “no information exists”. 20 Oct: an answer item by item and the name of the officer demanded by 30 Oct.
+3d
due 24 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
The assessment of the “extreme tail risk” of military action against Canada that the Prime Minister described on 23 September, and any assessment of the risk of nuclear attack on Canada.
File A-2026-00642 · received 26 Sept 2026
29 Sept: fee waiver refused without reasons. Complaint to the Information Commissioner the same day.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Global Affairs Canada
What the Government of Canada asked of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the Commonwealth Secretariat after the calls of the United States for Canada to become its 51st state, and what was answered.
File not yet assigned · received 29 Sept 2026
1d
due 29 Oct 2026
Running
What the Government of Canada asked of the King and the Royal Household after 7 January 2025, and what was answered.
File A-2026-00655 · received 29 Sept 2026
16 Oct: the complaint on the fee registered by the Information Commissioner.
1d
due 29 Oct 2026
Running
Canadian Heritage
The record behind the statement that the royal visit of May 2025 “served to reaffirm Canada’s sovereignty”, and the finalized cost of the visit.
File not yet assigned · received 29 Sept 2026
1d
due 29 Oct 2026
Running
The oath of citizenship: the text in the Schedule to the Citizenship Act and the text administered since 8 September 2022, and the authority for the difference.
File A-2026-56622 · received 29 Sept 2026
16 Oct: the Department asks to narrow items 2 and 3 and holds the request; narrowing refused; complaint to the Information Commissioner the same day.
1d
due 29 Oct 2026
Running
The oath of citizenship in the Schedule to the Citizenship Act after 8 September 2022, the Proclamation of accession of 10 September 2022, and any legal assessment of the statements of the United States that Canada should become a state.
File not yet assigned · received 30 Sept 2026
2d
due 30 Oct 2026
Running
Why no resolution was sought in 2025 to keep sections 47 to 51 of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, the private right of action, from repeal.
File A-2026-00736 · received 2 Oct 2026
5 Oct: receipt acknowledged. The Department dates receipt 5 Oct.
5d
due 2 Nov 2026
Running
Department of Finance Canada
The selection of the counter-tariffs on imports from the United States, their effect, and the beneficiaries of surtax remission.
File not yet assigned · received 4 Oct 2026
16 Oct: the complaint on the fee registered by the Information Commissioner.
6d
due 3 Nov 2026
Running
The business case for liquefied natural gas from the Atlantic coast of Canada to Germany, 2022.
File A-2026-00349 · received 4 Oct 2026
Fee waiver refused. 16 Oct: complaint to the Information Commissioner.
6d
due 3 Nov 2026
Running
National Defence
Exposure of Defence 365 to compelled disclosure under the CLOUD Act of the United States.
File not yet assigned · received 4 Oct 2026
6 Oct: the Department’s own form returned, completed.
6d
due 3 Nov 2026
Running
The strategy of Canada against the economic pressure of the United States.
File A-2026-00667 · received 4 Oct 2026
16 Oct: the complaint on the fee registered by the Information Commissioner.
6d
due 3 Nov 2026
Running
The place of Mexico in the strategy of Canada toward the United States.
File A-2026-00675 · received 6 Oct 2026
9 Oct: file opened, dated 6 Oct; fee waiver refused without reasons. 10 Oct: complaint to the Information Commissioner.
8d
due 5 Nov 2026
Running
Global Affairs Canada
The security and defence dialogue of Canada and Mexico.
File not yet assigned · received 6 Oct 2026
8d
due 5 Nov 2026
Running
Mexico in the defence planning of Canada.
File A-2026-01464 · received 7 Oct 2026
7 Oct: file A-2026-01464 opened; the answer is to come by Canada Post epost Connect.
9d
due 6 Nov 2026
Running
Volumes, reporting and foreign requests under Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, 2026.
File A-2026-00224 · received 2 Sept 2026
1 Oct: the Department extended its own time by 90 days, to 31 Dec.
64d
due 31 Dec 2026
Running
Meetings with industry on the guidance of 3 May 2023 for gene-edited plants, and every variety entered since.
File A-2026-00107 · received 3 Sept 2026
1 Oct: the Agency extended its own time by 90 days.
68d
due 4 Jan 2027
Running
The National Risk Profile and the case of war under the Emergency Management Act.
File A-2026-00209 · received 31 Aug 2026
2 Oct: questions on items 4 and 5 of the request.
96d
due 1 Feb 2027
Running
Notifications under s. 106(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 for gene-edited plants, and the use of s. 106(6)(a).
File A-2026-00235 · received 3 Sept 2026
1 Oct: the Department extended its own time by 120 days and named no date.
96d
due 1 Feb 2027
Running
Records on the falling fertility rate in Canada.
File A-2026-00370 · received 2 Sept 2026
2 Oct: extended “up to 180 days”, with no length and no date. Answered the same day.
154d
due 31 Mar 2027
Running

Official Information Act, New Zealand

Official Information Act 1982, s 15(1) · twenty working days from receipt
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Any instrument that obliges New Zealand to act if Canada is attacked, every public statement of New Zealand in support of the independence of Canada since 7 January 2025, and what Canada asked of New Zealand.
File not yet assigned · received 30 Sept 2026
0d
due 29 Oct 2026
Running
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Briefings to the Prime Minister of New Zealand on the calls of the United States for Canada to become its 51st state, any decision on a public statement in support of the independence of Canada, and the correspondence of Government House with the Royal Household.
File not yet assigned · received 30 Sept 2026
1 Oct: the Department held the request pending proof of eligibility, which the request states in its first paragraph. Answered the same day.
0d
due 29 Oct 2026
Running

Freedom of Information Act, United Kingdom

Freedom of Information Act 2000, s 10(1) · twenty working days from receipt
Ministry of Defence
The declaration of the nuclear capability of the United Kingdom to the defence of NATO and the conditions of its application to an attack on Canada.
File FOI2026/21329 · received 25 Sept 2026
13 Oct: internal review requested, due 10 Nov.
day 17
due 23 Oct 2026
Answered 12 Oct: item 1 withheld under s 21, items 2 and 3 not held
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Any instrument of an obligation to defend Canada against nuclear attack beyond Article 5, and the consultations with the Government of Canada on nuclear assurance since 2020.
File not yet assigned · received 25 Sept 2026
+4d
due 23 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Cabinet Office
Whether the Northwood Declaration of 10 July 2025 extends to an extreme threat to Canada, and the consultations with the Government of Canada on nuclear deterrence since 1 January 2025.
File FOI2026/19074 · received 28 Sept 2026
28 Sept: receipt acknowledged. The Office gives 26 October as the latest date of its answer.
+1d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Cabinet Office
Canada in the briefings of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the meeting with the President of the United States on 27 February 2025 and for the state visit of 16 to 18 September 2025, and any decision on a public statement in support of the independence of Canada.
File FOI2026/19272 · received 30 Sept 2026
30 Sept: receipt acknowledged.
0d
due 28 Oct 2026
Running

Freedom of Information Act, Australia

Freedom of Information Act 1982, s 15(5)(b) · thirty days from receipt
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The instrument of the assurance of the United States against nuclear attack, assessments of that assurance, and any obligation of Australia towards Canada.
File LEX 14213 · received 25 Sept 2026
30 Sept: acknowledged, with exclusions from scope. Objection sent 1 Oct.
+2d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Department of Defence
The instrument of the assurance, the assessment behind paragraph 2.22 of the 2020 Defence Strategic Update, and the options of Australia if the assurance were withdrawn.
File FOI 571/26/27 · received 25 Sept 2026
15 Oct: the request narrowed under s 24AB. The Department asks agreement to extend the decision to 26 Nov.
+2d
due 26 Oct 2026
Refused by silence
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The drafts of the joint statement of Australia and Canada of 5 March 2026, any decision on whether it would name the United States or the independence of Canada, and every public statement of Australia in support of the independence of Canada since 7 January 2025.
File not yet assigned · received 30 Sept 2026
1d
due 30 Oct 2026
Running
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
File FOI/2026/385 · received 30 Sept 2026
Items 1 and 2 of the request to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, transferred; a decision by 30 Oct.
1d
due 30 Oct 2026
Running

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