Information Commissioner of Canada
The information asked for: a file of thirteen letters.
The letter ·
RE: More information required (OIC complaint number: 5826-04320)
Hello,
OIC complaint 5826-04320, Department of Justice Canada. This answers the Registry's message of 29 September 2026, item by item.
Attached is 1 file, OIC-5826-04320-Justice-requests-and-correspondence.pdf. It holds 13 documents in order of date, and each carries the date, the sender, the recipient and the subject line.
1. The 3 access requests: documents 1, 5 and 6, of 29 August 2026, 2 September 2026 and 4 September 2026. Documents 2 and 4 belong to the first request
2. Communication indicating receipt: the Department acknowledged none of the 3 requests. Its replies on the thread of each request are documents 3, 7, 8 and 9
3. Temporary tracking number: the Department assigned none, and no message from it carries a file number
4. Notice of extension: the Department issued none
5. Refusal of the waiver: documents 7, 8 and 9, all of 15 September 2026, then documents 11 and 13, of 18 September 2026 and 21 September 2026. Documents 10 and 12 are my letters that documents 11 and 13 answerItems 2, 3 and 4 do not exist, and their absence is the complaint. The Department gave the 3 requests no number, no date of receipt and no notice under section 7. On 15 September 2026 it directed each of them to the online portal with the fee. The complaint was made on 17 September 2026, 2 days after the refusals.
The language of the file is English. Send every report and letter by email to [email].
Confirm in writing by 13 October 2026 that the complaint is admissible on all 3 requests, and name the investigator assigned. A decision that any part of it is inadmissible goes to the Federal Court under section 18.1 of the Federal Courts Act.
Respectfully,
Danilo Dzyuban
Attachments: OIC-5826-04320-Justice-requests-and-correspondence.pdf
The answer ·
Dear Danilo Dzyuban,
This is further to the complaint you submitted to the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) under the Access to Information Act on September 17, 2026 against Department of Justice Canada related to three (3) access requests.
You have not provided sufficient information to allow the OIC Registry to determine whether the allegations in the complaint are admissible. Allegations must include all the necessary details, have been submitted by the 60-day deadline (see Timeframe for submitting a complaint<https://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/en/information-commissioners-guidance/timeframe-filing-complaint>;: https://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/en/information-commissioners-guidance/timeframe-filing-complaint), not be premature and fall within the Information Commissioner's mandate.
In order for the OIC to determine whether your complaint is admissible, please provide copies of the following documents:* the access requests (all three)
* communication from institution indicating it received the access request (be sure any emails include the date it was received, the email address of the sender ("from"), the email address of the recipient ("to") and the subject line)
* communication containing institution's temporary access request tracking number
* notice from institution indicating it extended the time it had to respond to the access request
* any correspondence from institution related to the access request (communication from the institution refusing the waive the fee).
Send the requested information and documents to the OIC Registry by return email or by mail (OIC Registry, 30 Victoria Street, Gatineau QC [postal code]) by October 13, 2026. If the OIC Registry does not hear back from you by this date, it will take no further action on the complaint and close the file.
Complainants, or authorized persons on their behalf, are responsible for providing all necessary documents and information to make it possible for the OIC to determine whether the allegations in the complaint are admissible, including whether they were submitted on time.
See Timeframe for submitting a complaint<https://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/en/information-commissioners-guidance/timeframe-filing-complaint>; (https://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/en/information-commissioners-guidance/timeframe-filing-complaint) for more information about the deadlines for submitting complaints.
If you will be moving or your contact information will be changing for any other reason, please provide the OIC Registry with the new details (mailing address, email address, telephone number) as soon as possible to ensure the OIC can still reach you.