e-2025 (Access to information)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to Justin Trudeau
- The Government of Canada promotes values of transparency and openness through the provisions of the Access to Information Act;
- Current policies and practices of the Privy Council Office are impeding the proper implementation of the Access to Information Act;
- The Privy Council Office currently holds historical records dealing with security and intelligence matters dating back in some cases to 1942 in a facility separate from the main departmental file registry;
- The Privy Council Office has not transferred these records to Library and Archives Canada despite its responsibility to transfer inactive files of historical interest;
- These historical records are being held by the Privy Council Office in conditions that do not adequately protect them from damage or deterioration;
- The Privy Council Office does not have adequate archival indexes of these historical files so that they can be readily identified in response to Access to Information requests;
- Library and Archives Canada is the appropriate repository for these historical records, where they can be properly secured, preserved and managed by their security-cleared staff; and
- Canadian citizens deserve to have an understanding of the historical activities of their government which would be best facilitated by making these historical records available at Library and Archives Canada.
- Open for signature
- February 11, 2019, at 12:53 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 11, 2019, at 12:53 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Pierre Poilievre
(Carleton)
June 19, 2019 (Petition No. 421-04693)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 110 |
British Columbia | 153 |
Manitoba | 19 |
New Brunswick | 9 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 9 |
Northwest Territories | 1 |
Nova Scotia | 15 |
Ontario | 385 |
Prince Edward Island | 4 |
Quebec | 58 |
Saskatchewan | 29 |
Yukon | 3 |