D-0002 · Global Affairs Canada explains the thirty-day clock and leaves the date blank

D-0002 · Global Affairs Canada explains the thirty-day clock and leaves the date blank

8 September 2026 · Global Affairs Canada

Class E · score 4, Medium · 100 CAD · Open

Obligation. The same thirty days, and the department’s own acknowledgement, which sets out the period.

Conduct. On file A-2026-00736 the acknowledgement reads “received on .” and “within 30 days of .” Twice in one notice, with no date. The only fixed date on that file is the day the request left.

Why it scores where it does. Reach 1, one notice template. Harm 1, the requester cannot count the deadline the notice describes. Absence of a remedy 1, the department can correct it on request. Persistence 1, twice in the same document. Total 4, Medium, 100 dollars.

Evidence. The acknowledgement for A-2026-00736, quoted in the register of requests.

Since. The date of receipt is still not stated. Complaint to the Information Commissioner on 29 September 2026.