Privy Council Office, Access to Information and Privacy

The letter · 7 October 2026

Access to Information request with fee waiver — the place of Mexico in the strategy of Canada toward the United States

Hello,

I make this request under section 6 of the Access to Information Act. I am a Canadian resident and I request access to the following records held by the Privy Council Office.

1. All briefing notes, memoranda and scenario notes prepared for the Prime Minister for the visit to Mexico on 18 September 2025, and for every meeting or call between the Prime Minister and the President of the United Mexican States, dated between 1 January 2025 and the date this request is processed.

2. All records that assess the position of the United Mexican States on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Canada, including on the statements of the President of the United States that Canada should become a state of the United States, in the same period.

3. All records that set out whether, and on what terms, the Government of Canada expects political, economic or military support from the United Mexican States in the case of coercion or armed attack by the United States against Canada, in the same period.

4. All records that set out the security and defence content of the Canada-Mexico Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and of the Canada-Mexico Action Plan 2025-2028, including the list of commitments under the security pillar and the institutions responsible for each, in the same period.

5. All records that assess the coordination of Canada and the United Mexican States on the tariffs of the United States and on the 2026 joint review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, including every option in which Canada acts jointly with Mexico and every option in which Canada acts alone, in the same period.

Produce the records in electronic format.

Where a record contains a confidence of the King's Privy Council, the analyses of problems and the background explanations in it are not excluded once the decision to which they relate has been made public. I require their release under paragraph 69(3)(b) of the Act. Every record withheld under section 69 is to be listed with its date and its type.

Fees. I am without income and I am unable to pay the application fee. Waive the fee under subsection 11(6) of the Access to Information Act. The records concern the allies of Canada in the face of pressure from a foreign state, and the public benefit of their release is direct. If the waiver is refused, I require written notice of the refusal, the reason for it, and the method of payment.

I require registration of this request on the date of its receipt. Where the Office holds no record answering any numbered item above, I require a written statement to that effect for that item.

The name and title of an officer or employee of a government institution on a document prepared by that person in the course of employment is not personal information under paragraph 3(j) of the Privacy Act. I require that such names and titles be released and not severed.

A refusal to register this request until a fee is paid, an absence of a file number, or an absence of a decision on the waiver request will be placed before the Information Commissioner of Canada.

This exchange goes into the public record at https://dzyuban.com/legal/record/requests/

Respectfully,

Danilo Dzyuban