Federal Accountability Act (S.C. 2006, c. 9)
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Assented to 2006-12-12
148. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 20:
Marginal note:Public Sector Pension Investment Board
20.1 The head of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board shall refuse to disclose a record requested under this Act that contains advice or information relating to investment that the Board has obtained in confidence from a third party if the Board has consistently treated the advice or information as confidential.
Marginal note:Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
20.2 The head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board shall refuse to disclose a record requested under this Act that contains advice or information relating to investment that the Board has obtained in confidence from a third party if the Board has consistently treated the advice or information as confidential.
Marginal note:National Arts Centre Corporation
20.4 The head of the National Arts Centre Corporation shall refuse to disclose a record requested under this Act if the disclosure would reveal the terms of a contract for the services of a performing artist or the identity of a donor who has made a donation in confidence and if the Corporation has consistently treated the information as confidential.
149. (1) Paragraph 21(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) an account of consultations or deliberations in which directors, officers or employees of a government institution, a minister of the Crown or the staff of a minister participate;
(2) Paragraph 21(2)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) a report prepared by a consultant or an adviser who was not a director, an officer or an employee of a government institution or a member of the staff of a minister of the Crown at the time the report was prepared;
150. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 22:
Marginal note:Internal audits
22.1 (1) The head of a government institution may refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains a draft report of an internal audit of a government institution or any related audit working paper if the record came into existence less than fifteen years before the request was made.
Marginal note:Exception
(2) However, the head of a government institution shall not refuse under subsection (1) to disclose a draft report of an internal audit of a government institution if a final report of the audit has been published or if a final report of the audit is not delivered to the institution within two years after the day on which the audit was first commenced.
151. Section 31 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Written complaint
31. A complaint under this Act shall be made to the Information Commissioner in writing unless the Commissioner authorizes otherwise. If the complaint relates to a request by a person for access to a record, it shall be made within sixty days after the day on which the person receives a notice of a refusal under section 7, is given access to all or part of the record or, in any other case, becomes aware that grounds for the complaint exist.
152. Paragraph 35(2)(c) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
c) un tiers, s’il est possible de le joindre sans difficultés, dans le cas où le Commissaire à l’information a l’intention de recommander, aux termes du paragraphe 37(1), la communication de tout ou partie d’un document qui contient ou est, selon lui, susceptible de contenir des secrets industriels du tiers, des renseignements visés à l’alinéa 20(1)b) qui ont été fournis par le tiers ou des renseignements dont la communication risquerait, selon lui, d’entraîner pour le tiers les conséquences visées aux alinéas 20(1)c) ou d).
Marginal note:R.S., c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 187 (Sch. V, item 1(1))
153. Subsection 36(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Evidence in other proceedings
(3) Except in a prosecution of a person for an offence under section 131 of the Criminal Code (perjury) in respect of a statement made under this Act, in a prosecution for an offence under section 67, in a review before the Court under this Act or in an appeal from such proceedings, evidence given by a person in proceedings under this Act and evidence of the existence of the proceedings is inadmissible against that person in a court or in any other proceedings.
154. Subsection 47(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Disclosure of offence authorized
(2) The Court may disclose to the appropriate authority information relating to the commission of an offence against a law of Canada or a province by a director, an officer or an employee of a government institution if, in the Court’s opinion, there is evidence of such an offence.
155. Subsection 58(2) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Assistance technique
(2) Le Commissaire à l’information peut retenir temporairement les services d’experts ou de spécialistes dont la compétence lui est utile dans l’exercice des fonctions que lui confèrent la présente loi ou une autre loi fédérale; il peut fixer et payer, avec l’approbation du Conseil du Trésor, leur rémunération et leurs frais.
156. Subsection 59(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Investigations relating to international affairs and defence
(2) The Information Commissioner or an Assistant Information Commissioner may not delegate the investigation of a complaint resulting from a refusal by the head of a government institution to disclose all or part of a record under paragraph 13(1)(a) or (b) or section 15 except to one of eight officers or employees — or one of any greater number of officers or employees fixed by the designated Minister — specifically designated by the Commissioner for the purpose of conducting those investigations.
157. Subsection 63(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Disclosure of offence authorized
(2) The Information Commissioner may disclose to the Attorney General of Canada information relating to the commission of an offence against a law of Canada or a province by a director, an officer or an employee of a government institution if, in the Commissioner’s opinion, there is evidence of such an offence.
158. The heading before section 68 of the Act is replaced by the following:
EXCLUSIONS
159. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 68:
Marginal note:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
68.1 This Act does not apply to any information that is under the control of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that relates to its journalistic, creative or programming activities, other than information that relates to its general administration.
Marginal note:Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
68.2 This Act does not apply to any information that is under the control of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited other than information that relates to
(a) its general administration; or
(b) its operation of any nuclear facility within the meaning of section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act that is subject to regulation by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission established under section 8 of that Act.
160. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 69.1:
GENERAL
161. (1) Subsection 70(1) of the Act is amended by striking out the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after that paragraph:
(c.1) cause statistics to be collected on an annual basis for the purpose of assessing the compliance of government institutions with the provisions of this Act and the regulations relating to access; and
(2) Section 70 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
Marginal note:Duties and functions of designated Minister
(1.1) The designated Minister may fix the number of officers or employees of the Information Commissioner for the purposes of subsection 59(2).
162. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 72:
Marginal note:Report of expenses
72.1 The head of a department or a ministry of state of the Government of Canada shall publish an annual report of all expenses incurred by his or her office and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
163. (1) Paragraph 77(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) prescribing limitations in respect of the format in which records are to be provided under subsection 4(2.1);
(a.1) prescribing limitations in respect of records that can be produced from machine readable records for the purpose of subsection 4(3);
(2) Subsection 77(1) of the Act is amended by striking out the word “and” at the end of paragraph (g), by adding the word “and” at the end of paragraph (h) and by adding the following after paragraph (h):
(i) prescribing criteria for adding a body or office to Schedule I.
164. Schedule I to the Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading “Other Government Institutions”:
Atlantic Pilotage Authority
Administration de pilotage de l’Atlantique
Bank of Canada
Banque du Canada
Blue Water Bridge Authority
Administration du pont Blue Water
Business Development Bank of Canada
Banque de développement du Canada
Canada Council for the Arts
Conseil des Arts du Canada
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Société d’assurance-dépôts du Canada
Canada Development Investment Corporation
Corporation de développement des investissements du Canada
Canada Lands Company Limited
Société immobilière du Canada limitée
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
Administration canadienne de la sûreté du transport aérien
Canadian Commercial Corporation
Corporation commerciale canadienne
Canadian Dairy Commission
Commission canadienne du lait
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Musée canadien des civilisations
Canadian Museum of Nature
Musée canadien de la nature
Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Fondation canadienne des relations raciales
Canadian Tourism Commission
Commission canadienne du tourisme
Cape Breton Development Corporation
Société de développement du Cap-Breton
Cape Breton Growth Fund Corporation
Corporation Fonds d’investissement du Cap-Breton
Defence Construction (1951) Limited
Construction de défense (1951) Limitée
Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation
Société d’expansion du Cap-Breton
Farm Credit Canada
Financement agricole Canada
The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited
La Société des ponts fédéraux Limitée
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
Office de commercialisation du poisson d’eau douce
Great Lakes Pilotage Authority
Administration de pilotage des Grands Lacs
International Development Research Centre
Centre de recherches pour le développement international
The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.
Les Ponts Jacques-Cartier et Champlain Inc.
Laurentian Pilotage Authority
Administration de pilotage des Laurentides
Marine Atlantic Inc.
Marine Atlantique S.C.C.
National Capital Commission
Commission de la capitale nationale
National Gallery of Canada
Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
National Museum of Science and Technology
Musée national des sciences et de la technologie
Old Port of Montreal Corporation Inc.
Société du Vieux-Port de Montréal Inc.
Pacific Pilotage Authority
Administration de pilotage du Pacifique
Parc Downsview Park Inc.
Parc Downsview Park Inc.
Queens Quay West Land Corporation
Queens Quay West Land Corporation
Ridley Terminals Inc.
Ridley Terminals Inc.
Royal Canadian Mint
Monnaie royale canadienne
The Seaway International Bridge Corporation, Ltd.
La Corporation du Pont international de la voie maritime, Ltée
Standards Council of Canada
Conseil canadien des normes
Telefilm Canada
Téléfilm Canada
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