2018 Completed Access to Information Requests
The following list contains summaries of completed requests. Requests focusing on personal information are not included.
Request number | Summary of Request | Disposition | Number of pages disclosed |
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2018 | |||
JANUARY | |||
17-1756 |
A VIA Rail report on the accidental death of [name protected]. On July 3, 2017 at approximately 7:45 pm, […] was hit and killed by Via Rail train #669 near Lancaster, Ontario. Two other teens were with him, my son [name protected] and another friend, [name protected]; both boys were treated for shock and minor injuries at the scene of the accident and were transported to Cornwall Community Hospital. We respectfully request the VIA Rail report and any other reports that VIA Rail have deemed necessary to create due to this accident. |
Disclosed | 54 |
FEBRUARY | |||
17-1757 |
For university research purposes, I would like to consult : |
Disclosed in part | 211 |
17-1754 |
Provide copies of all documents, including e-mails, text or Instant messages, Blackberry PINs, memos, reports, briefing notes, etc., regarding VIA Rail’s tweet about advertising on Rebel media (https://twitter.com/via_rail/status/933890163414986754), and advertising on the website in general, since January 1, 2017. |
Disclosed | 76 |
MARCH | |||
Nothing to report |
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APRIL | |||
17-1739 |
Summary not available (Closed 2018-04-10) |
Disclosed in part | 20 |
17-1765 |
Summary not available (Closed 2018-04-23) |
Disclosed in part | 100 |
MAY | |||
Nothing to report |
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JUNE | |||
17-1752 |
All internal reports, correspondence and any other documents pertaining to the Canada 150 Youth Pass -specifically related to the roll out of the program in July 2017. |
All disclosed | 238 |
18-1806 |
I would like to access briefing materials created from Jan. 1 2017 to present on the accessibility issues discussed in the briefing note that accompanies this request. Please exclude material considered to be matters of cabinet confidence. |
Disclosed in part | 33 |
18-1808 |
All emails, correspondence, minutes, context, reports, information, briefing notes, documentation, briefs, memos, notices, letters and documents generated against ‘Stop Empty Trains’. |
Disclosed in part |
41 |
18-1810 |
All records regarding marketing/advertising and Churchill, Manitoba, from May 23, 2017 to May 23, 2018. Please provide only the latest version of documents (final version or latest draft). |
No records exist |
0 |
18-1811 |
All records regarding the cost of bringing Via Rail’s passengers cars and locomotives down from Churchill, Manitoba, which occurred on Oct. 17, 2017 through the company Desgagnes Transarctik/NSSI. |
All disclosed |
3 |
JULY | |||
18-1815 |
All records that would show the costs and volume of ticket sales, refunds and cancellations along the Hudson Bay Railway from May 23, 2017 to May 23, 2018. |
All disclosed | 13 |
AUGUST | |||
18-1821 |
(Closed 2018-08-28) |
All exempt | 0 |
SEPTEMBER | |||
Nothing to report |
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OCTOBER | |||
18-1816 |
All reports, decks (slideshows), analysis and briefing notes on the economic impact on Via Rail caused by the washed-out Hudson Bay Railway, dated from May 23, 2017 to July 1, 2018 |
All disclosed | 5 |
18-1820 |
|
Disclosed in part | 300 |
18-1824 |
In 2016, VIA Rail deployed the VIA 360 system.
Further to the implementation of the VIA 360 system, VIA Rail created the BGE.
(Closed 2018-10-31) |
Disclosed in part | 5 |
NOVEMBER | |||
Nothing to report |
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DECEMBER | |||
18-1834 |
Obtain a copy of any document allowing me to see the amounts spent by VIA Rail to improve and/or renovate its stations, infrastructure/trains/new technologies for each of the last 10 years to date, December 4, 2018. |
All disclosed | 19 |