Questions and responses 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to recommendations made by the Information Commissioner of Canada, pursuant to section 37 of the Access to Information Act: what has been done to address and implement each recommendation made in each of the following reports of the Information Commissioner of Canada, broken down by report and recommendation, (i) Canadian Heritage (Re), 2020 OIC 10, (ii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (Re), 2021 OIC 11, (iii) Library and Archives Canada (Re), 2022 OIC 17, (iv) Canadian Security Intelligence Service (Re), 2023 OIC 11, (v) Global Affairs Canada (Re), 2023 OIC 43, (vi) Canada Border Services Agency (Re), 2024 OIC 15, (vii) National Defence (Re), 2024 OIC 31, (viii) National Defence (Re), 2024 OIC 32, (ix) Environment and Climate Change Canada (Re), 2024 OIC 33, (x) National Defence (Re), 2024 OIC 34, (xi) Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (Re), 2024 OIC 39, (xii) Canada Revenue Agency (Re), 2024 OIC 52, (xiii) National Defence (Re), 2024 OIC 54?

With regard to Department of Justice legal services, in relation to litigation against the Information Commissioner, since January 1, 2021: what are the total legal costs incurred by the government for (i) Attorney General of Canada v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1623-22), (ii) Export Development Canada v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1793-22 and Federal Court of Appeal file A-345-23), (iii) Minister of Public Services and Procurement v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-125-23), (iv) Clerk of the Privy Council v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1090-23), (v) Clerk of the Privy Council v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1091-23), (vi) Information Commissioner of Canada v. President and Chief Executive Officer of the Trans Mountain Corporation (Federal Court file T-1399-23), (vii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1606-23), (viii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1607-23), (ix) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1608-23), (x) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1653-23), (xi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1680-23), (xii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1728-23), (xiii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1764-23), (xiv) Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2022-23), (xv) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-2683-23), (xvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-272-24), (xvii) Minister of Transport v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-280-24), (xviii) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-333-24), (xix) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-334-24), (xx) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-342-24), (xxi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-344-24), (xxii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-371-24), (xxiii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-397-24), (xxiv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-970-24), (xxv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1054-24), (xxvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1060-24), (xxvii) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-1226-24), (xxviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1433-24), (xxix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1434-24), (xxx) Minister of Indigenous Services v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1556-24), (xxxi) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board (Federal Court file T-1822-24), (xxxii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2013-24), (xxxiii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2681-24), (xxxiv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2709-24), (xxxv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2720-24), (xxxvi) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2779-24), (xxxvii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2909-24), (xxxviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3028-24), (xxxix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3029-24), (xl) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3049-24), (xli) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3259-24), (xlii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-111-25), (xliii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-112-25), (xliv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-220-25), (xlv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-221-25), (xlvi) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-332-25), (xlvii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-418-25), (xlviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-422-25), (xlix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-423-25), (l) The Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-496-25), (li) The Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-601-25), (lii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-636-25), (liii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-657-25), (liv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-790-25), (lv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-797-25), (lvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1568-25), (lvii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1569-25), (lviii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1570-25), (lix) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1571-25), (lx) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1572-25), (lxi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1573-25), (lxii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1574-25), (lxiii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada et al. (Federal Court file T-1580-25), (lxiv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1587-25), (lxv) Prime Minister v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1877-25), (lxvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3178-25), (lxvii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3179-25)?

With regard to legal costs incurred by the government in relation to litigation against the Information Commissioner since January 1, 2021: what is the total expenditure on outside legal counsel, broken down by legal costs paid out to date and by legal costs scheduled to be paid out, for (i) Attorney General of Canada v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1623-22), (ii) Export Development Canada v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1793-22 and Federal Court of Appeal file A-345-23), (iii) Minister of Public Services and Procurement v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-125-23), (iv) Clerk of the Privy Council v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1090-23), (v) Clerk of the Privy Council v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1091-23), (vi) Information Commissioner of Canada v. President and Chief Executive Officer of the Trans Mountain Corporation (Federal Court file T-1399-23), (vii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1606-23), (viii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1607-23), (ix) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1608-23), (x) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1653-23), (xi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1680-23), (xii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1728-23), (xiii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1764-23), (xiv) Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2022-23), (xv) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-2683-23), (xvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-272-24), (xvii) Minister of Transport v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-280-24), (xviii) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-333-24), (xix) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-334-24), (xx) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-342-24), (xxi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-344-24), (xxii) Minister of Canadian. Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-371-24), (xxiii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-397-24), (xxiv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-970-24), (xxv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1054-24), (xxvi) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1060-24), (xxvii) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-1226-24), (xxviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1433-24), (xxix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1434-24), (xxx) Minister of Indigenous Services v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-1556-24), (xxxi) Information Commissioner of Canada v. Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board (Federal Court file T-1822-24), (xxxii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2013-24), (xxxiii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2681-24), (xxxiv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2709-24), (xxxv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2720-24), (xxxvi) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2779-24), (xxxvii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-2909-24), (xxxviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3028-24), (xxxix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3029- 24), (xl) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3049-24), (xli) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-3259-24), (xlii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-111-25), (xliii) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-112-25), (xliv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-220-25), (xlv) Minister of Canadian Heritage v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-221-25), (xlvi) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-332-25), (xlvii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-418-25), (xlviii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-422-25), (xlix) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-423-25), (I) The Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-496-25), (li) The Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of National Defence (Federal Court file T-601-25), (lii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-636-25), (liii) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-657-25), (liv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-790-25), (lv) Minister of National Defence v. Information Commissioner of Canada (Federal Court file T-797-25)?