Global Affairs Canada
Asked
The same request, two departments, two answers
Answer 2 Sept In writing.
The answer in full
A records request was filed with several federal institutions on identical terms, each carrying the same written request that the five-dollar application fee be waived.
Public Safety Canada answered on 31 August. It opened file A-2026-00209, waived the fee, set its own statutory deadline at 1 October 2026, and set out in the same letter the right to complain to the Information Commissioner within sixty days.
Global Affairs Canada answered on 2 September on the identical request. The waiver was refused, processing would not begin until the five dollars arrived, and if the money did not arrive by 2 October the request would be treated as abandoned.