Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Re), 2020 OIC 2
The requester filed a complaint after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) failed to respond to an access to information request for over two years. The RCMP provided insufficient information during the investigation regarding the records or the processing of the request. As a result, the Information Commissioner found the complaint to be well-founded and ordered the RCMP to respond to the request within 10 business days.
- Failure to respond to an access to information request within the prescribed time limits.
- Adequacy of information provided by the institution during the investigation.
Complaint well founded — Order issued requiring institution to respond to the request
The RCMP failed to respond to the access request within the statutory time limit and did not provide sufficient information to justify the delay or estimate a response date. Therefore, the complaint was well-founded, and an order was issued for the RCMP to respond.
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The Commissioner ordered the RCMP to respond to the access request within 10 business days.
- s.10(3) ATIA
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