2023 Completed Access to Information Requests
The following list contains summaries of completed requests. Requests focusing on personal information are not included.
Year
Month
Request number
Summary of Request
Disposition
Number of pages disclosed
Year: 2023
Month: January
Request number: 22-2243
Summary of Request: I am requesting a listing of passenger cars that were/are sent for structural-integrity testing at the National Research Council facility in Ottawa and the dates the cars were taken the Ottawa. (Closed 2023-01-27)
Disposition: All disclosed
Number of pages disclosed: 1
Year: 2023
Month: February
Request number: 22-2241
Summary of Request: Number of on/off passengers per year, for the last five years (2018-2022) at the Terrace, BC VIA Rail station and the On-Time Performance at the station, with consideration of the thirty-minute window (Closed 2023-02-14)
Disposition: All disclosed
Number of pages disclosed: 2
Year: 2023
Month: February
Request number: 22-2242
Summary of Request: All questions below apply to the time period December 15, 2012 to December 15, 2022 inclusive: 1. How many ‘critical incidents’ with passenger trains have been linked with drug and alcohol abuse? 2. How many times have locomotive engineers tested positive for drugs? 3. When a locomotive engineer has tested positive for drugs and alcohol, what substances are they testing positive for? 4. How many locomotive engineers have checked into substance abuse programs? 5. How many locomotive engineers were mandated to attend substance abuse programs? 6. How many locomotive engineers have had last chance clauses when it comes to drugs and alcohol? 7. How many times have drug and alcohol use on the job been reported to superiors? 8. For locomotive engineers that tested positive for substances, what was the outcome? (Closed 2023-02-20)
Disposition: All disclosed
Number of pages disclosed: 2
Year: 2023
Month: February
Request number: 22-2255
Summary of Request: I am writing to look for VIA Rail traffic data on the CN Alexandria subdivision, between Route 500 W (County Road) and St. Isidore Road in Casselman, Ontario. The data would like correspond to the VIA Rail trains passing Casselman station in both directions in a day. (Closed 2023-02-20)
Disposition: All disclosed
Number of pages disclosed: 1
Year: 2023
Month: March
Request number: 22-2249
Summary of Request: Please provide the number of employees making over 100K a year in salary, along with the total costs of said salaries. Please provide a record of this from 2015 to 2022 inclusive. Provide one number per year for the number of employees and one number per year for the total amount of money. Please also provide the total number of employees for the entire organization for each year. (Closed 2023-03-10)
Disposition: All disclosed
Number of pages disclosed: 1
Year: 2023
Month: March
Request number: 22-2250
Summary of Request: Provide documentation on the number of employees who have received pay increases during 2022, including step pay increases, but do not include pay raises due to promotions to new positions. Please also provide the number of employees who received pay cuts during the same time period, as well as corresponding amounts, but excluding those employees who left their position. (Closed 2023-03-10)
Disposition: All disclosed
Number of pages disclosed: 1
Year: 2023
Month: March
Request number: 22-2251
Summary of Request: Provide documentation on the amounts and number of employees who have received bonuses or other forms of performance incentives since the beginning of 2022. Provide the annual breakdown or equivalent for calendar year 2022. (Closed 2023-03-10)
Disposition: All disclosed
Number of pages disclosed: 1
Year: 2023
Month: March
Request number: 22-2252
Summary of Request: Please provide the total compensation (salary + benefits) paid out to executives for the calendar year 2022. Include a breakdown of the different types of benefits paid out including any performance or incentive pay received for each year. Please provide ranges if exact amounts cannot be provided. Please also provide a total number of executives at the corporation for 2022. (Closed 2023-03-10)
Disposition: All disclosed
Number of pages disclosed: 1
Year: 2023
Month: March
Request number: 22-2260
Summary of Request: I would like to receive a copy of your investigation report, including any videos, with respect to an accident involving a VIA train which took place on December 25, 2022 on Highway 12, Orillia, Ontario. (Closed 2023-03-10)
Disposition: No records exist
Number of pages disclosed: N/A
Year: 2023
Month: March
Request number: 22-2254
Summary of Request: Federal government funding to VIA Rail by year from 2002 to 2022. (Closed 2023-03-17)
Disposition: All disclosed
Number of pages disclosed: 1