Delegation of authority

Decision-making responsibility for the application of the various provisions of the Access to Information Act has been formally established and is outlined in the departmental Delegation of Authority Instrument. The current Designation Order was approved by the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, in January 2017. A copy of the designation order pertaining to the Access to Information Act can be found in Appendix B of this report.

This delegation order instrument provides full delegated authority under the Acts to the Deputy Minister, the Associate Deputy Minister, the Director General of the Corporate Secretariat, and the Director of the ATIP Division.