Public records: federal government

Public Accounts Plans / Performance Reports Audits and Evaluations Completed Access to Information Requests

Public Accounts: former Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson’s expenses

Public Accounts: “temporary help services”

http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2009/tpsgc-pwgsc/P51-1-2009-3-3.pdf

Issue: Mental health, suicide inside federal prison system

Reports on Plans and Priorities / Departmental Performance Reports

Federal departmentshttp://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2014-2015/index-eng.asp

Correctional Servicehttp://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/reporting/index-eng.shtml

Departmental Performance Report for Correctional Servicehttp://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/publications/005007-4500-2012-2013-eng.shtml

Audits and evaluations

Federal departmentshttp://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/aedb-bdve/orgs-

eng.aspxCorrectional Service auditshttp://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/publications/005007-

2500-eng.shtmlPlanned auditshttp://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/publications/005007-

2602-03-eng.shtml

Previously released records

Completed Access to Information Requests: Correctional Service of Canada http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/ATI/index-eng.shtml

Introduction to historical records

Federal cabinet records: eligible for release after 20 years

Meech Lake Accord: cabinet records

Meech Lake cabinet minutes

RCMP Security Service files

Politician Tommy Douglas

RCMP Security Service files date from 1930s

Eavesdropping on Parliament Hill

Exemptions: personal information, detection of subversive activities

In the Federal Court of Canada

The family tree

Kiefer and Tommy

Library and Archives: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca

In your groups, try to find ...

• A book about a Canadian painter• A federal cabinet document relating to

Quebec • An archival listing concerning immigration • A database about unidentified flying objects• A photo of a prime minister from the 19th

century Library and Archives: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca