ANNUAL REPORT - ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT

The purpose of the ATIA is to provide a right of access to information in records under the control of a government institution in accordance with the principles that government information should be available to the public, that necessary exceptions to the right of access should be limited and specific and that decisions on the disclosure of government information should be reviewed independently. [...] The ATIP Unit processes formal and informal requests, consultations and complaints the Commission receives pursuant to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, and produces Annual Reports and the Info Source in accordance with these Acts. [...] SIGNED DELEGATION ORDER The Delegation Order sets out the powers, duties, and functions for the administration of the ATIA that have been delegated by the head of the institution, the Chief Commissioner. [...] 10 To make the ATIP functions operate more smoothly, the Commission continues to develop its procedures to take into account the complexity of the requests to achieve our goal of fulfilling our mandate under the ATIA within the prescribed deadlines. [...] 13 APPENDIX A Access to Information Act and Privacy Act Delegation Order The Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission, puriuant to section 73 of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, hereby designates the persons holding the positions set out in the schedule hereto, or the persons occupying the positions on an acting basis, to exercise the powers and functions of the Chief.