Information Commissioner of Canada
The information asked for: a file of four letters.
The letter ·
RE: More information required (OIC complaint number: 5826-04322 - access request date: August 30, 2026)
Hello,
OIC complaint 5826-04322, Privy Council Office, access request of 30 August 2026. This answers the Registry's message of 29 September 2026.
Attached is 1 file, OIC-5826-04322-PCO-request-and-correspondence.pdf. It holds 4 documents in order of date, and each carries the date, the sender, the recipient and the subject line.
The access request is document 1, sent on 30 August 2026 to [email]. The messages from the institution on that request are documents 2, 3 and 4, of 2 September 2026, 10 September 2026 and 11 September 2026.
The institution's file number is A-2026-00579 and its recorded date of receipt is 31 August 2026, both in document 4. It refused the waiver on 10 September 2026, in document 3. The complaint was made on 17 September 2026, 7 days after the refusal.
Document 3 states that "the statutory timeline will not commence, until payment has been received." No notice under section 7 and no notice of extension has been issued on the file.
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, 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-5826-04322-PCO-request-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 Privy Council Office related to an access request made on August 30, 2026.
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 request
* any correspondence from institution related to the access request.
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.