Public Safety Canada
A question on the twenty-second day, with a month to answer it
Answer 22 Sept In writing.
The answer in full
The Department registered the request on 31 August, waived the fee and set 1 October as its own legislative due date, all in one letter. For twenty-two days it raised no question. On 22 September, nine days before its own date, it wrote:
One of our teams would like to confirm whether or not you would accept final versions or the most recent version should a final version not exist. […] Your request will be considered abandoned and the file will be closed should the required clarifications not be received by October 22, 2026.
ATIP Administrative Officer, Intake Unit, Public Safety Canada, 22 September 2026
The Access to Information Act defines a record as any documentary material, regardless of medium or form. A draft is a record. The Act suspends the thirty days in one case only, an application to the Information Commissioner under subsection 6.1(1.2), and contains no provision under which a registered request becomes abandoned. The answer went back the same day: all versions, and the date of 1 October stands.