FOI request and Explanation

 Manmeet Kaur

12666 72 Ave

Surrey, BC V3W 2M8

Manmeetkaur17@student.kpu.ca

(604) 440-8571

 

June 18, 2025

 

ATIP Coordinator

ATIP Office

Public Health Agency of Canada

130 Colonnade Road

Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9

 

Dear ATIP Coordinator,

Under the access to Information Act, please provide me with:

• The copies of all reports of the outbreak investigations and internal correspondence (i.e., internal email, internal memos, internal slide decks) relating to the COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Canada during the period March 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021.

 

I have enclosed $5 application fee in the form of a cheque.

If there are problems some portions of documents requested, please do not withhold release of all the documents, but instead forward those you can release.

If possible, please provide this information in electronic database format (ie. Excel, Access or CSV).

If you have any concerns, please email me at manmeetkaur17@student.kpu.ca.

Please advise me when the material is available for release.

Sincerely,

Manmeet Kaur

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/corporate/mandate/about-agency/access-information-privacy/info-source-federal-government-employee-information.html  

 

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Reason for request:

I am using these records to help my study on the assessment and response to COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care homes by PHAC, an area where the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission and Quebec review of CHSLD Herron found serious regulatory weaknesses in planning, staffing, and resource provisions. The availability of reports of internal investigation (and intra-agency communications) will elucidate appreciation of risks and aligned interventions endeavoured, which presents a lesson to reinforce a robust public health response in the future.