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Access to Information: Frequently Asked Questions

Ouimet, the anonymous management blogger, has posted some specific questions on her blog about the upcoming Access to Information Act:

Nearly a month ago, the President sent everyone an email telling us that the CBC will soon be subject to access to information requests. The email caused a bit of panic and everyone had 1000 questions…. The answers to these questions were supposed to follow, but they never followed.

Perhaps the information is classified?

I had similar questions, so I posed Ouimet’s questions to Pierre Nollet

Does it start from September, or is it retroactive?
It affects all documents we have whether created before or after September 1st.

What about all the stuff I already threw out?
The Act comes into force September 1st.After that date you want to make sure you comply with the law.

Can the post-it notes on my computer monitor be subpoenaed?
If they still exist at the time of the request they could.

What about phone calls?
Call logs could have to be produced. The call itself is not fixed on a media and therefore is not a record.

Groupwise purged my emails. Am I going to be in trouble?
Not you personally. Only the CTO…just kidding. Purge is not happening before warnings so make sure you preserve documents that need to be.

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