About First Nations reserve and traditional lands, waters, resources, and the environment WHAT IS THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT? Canada’s Access to Information Act deals with accessing data and information held by the federal government, other than “personal information” as defined in the Privacy Act. [...] The purpose of the legislation is “to enhance the accountability and transparency of federal institutions in order to promote an open and democratic society and to enable public debate on the conduct of those institutions” (s.2). [...] 17), information about the economic interests of Canada (s.18), personal information unless the disclosure has been consented to, the information is publicly available or disclosure is in accordance with Section 8 of the Privacy Act, which includes the exemptions to the Privacy Act for research, archiving, etc. [...] Party A is the “third party” and their information is the “third party information.’ If the federal government intends to release Party A’s information to Party B, it must make reasonable efforts to notify Party A, and Party A has the right to make written submissions arguing against the release of the requested information, but only if the information falls within one of these exceptions: First N. [...] Once in the hands of the federal government, information provided by First Nations or information taken from First Nations is deemed to be information controlled by the federal government.
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- About the Artist 2
- About the Art 2
- This publication is copyright the First Nations Information Governance Centre FNIGC. 3
- These materials are to be used solely for non-commercial purposes. This publication can be reproduced in whole or in part with the written permission of FNIGC. 3
- Please contact infofnigc.ca for permission requests. 3
- ISBN 978-1-988433-32-5 3
- About FNIGC 3
- INTRODUCTION 4
- Access to Information Act Access to Information Act 4
- WHAT IS THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT 4
- Access to Information Act Privacy Act 4
- HOW DOES THE LAW WORK 4
- Rights of Access 4
- 1. About First Nations people like health jobs and housing 4
- 2. From First Nations like languages patterns songs or dances and 4
- 3. About First Nations reserve and traditional lands waters resources and the environment 4
- Information that Must Be Made Public 5
- When an Access to Information Request is Not Required 6
- When Access is Not Permitted 6
- Nisgaa Final Agreement Act 6
- Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act 6
- Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act 6
- First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act 6
- Tlaamin Final Agreement Act 6
- Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act 6
- Cree Nation Government Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee Governance Agreement Act Cree First Nation 6
- Maanulth First Nations Final Agreement Act 6
- Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Governance Act 6
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act 7
- Indian Act 7
- Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act 8
- Privacy Act Privacy Act 8
- Canadian Navigable Waters Act 8
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act Statistics Act . 9
- Third Party Information 9
- Complaints and Offenses 10
- List of Institutions Responsible 11
- Privacy Act 11
- Review of the Act 11
- WHAT DOES THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT MEAN TO FIRST NATIONS DATA SOVEREIGNTY 12
- Access to Information Act 12
