il*l Tianspnrt Canada RECEIVED Transpads Canada ocr 2 e 2015 Access to lnformation and Privacy (ATIP) Office Transport Canada Our File A-2015-00302 Place de Ville, Tower C, XMSP 330 Sparks Street Ottawa ON K1A 0N5 Mr. Charles Hatt 550 Bayview Ave. Unit #401 Toronto, ON M4V 3X8 i TG ÛCT 2 0 eor¡ Dear Mr. Hatt: This letter is in response to your request under the Access to Information Act (ATIA) for documentation pertaining to : Transport Canada by railway companies in response to the requirement to provide such assessments in Section 7 of Transport Canada' s Emergency Directive dated April23, 20'/.4, or in response to any subsequent Emergency Directives reiterating this requirement." "Any risk assessments provided to We have conducted a search of our records relevant to your request and have determined that all documents are exempted from release by virtue of sections 20(lxb), 20(1Xb.1), 20(1Xc) andT4(I) of the ATIA. Please be advised that you are entitled to submit a complaint regarding the processing of this request to the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, 30 Victoria Street, Gatineau, Quebec KlA 1H3. The ATIA allows a complaint to be made within 60 days of the receipt of this notice. Should you have any questions, you may contact Tyler Goff at 613-949-9195 or via e- mail at tyler.goff@ tc.gc.ca. Yours sincerely, rø Blair Isaac Chief, Access to Information and Privacy Enclosures: Pages fünadTt I to 52 and relevant sections of the ATIA Access to Information Act 2O(1Xb) FINANCIAL, COMMERCIAL, SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL INFORMATION GIVEN IN CONFIDENCE TO TIIE GOVERNMENT AND TREATED CONFIDENTIAL MANNER BY THE THIRD PARTY IN A CONSISTENTLY IN A financial, commercial, scientific or technical information that is confidential information supplied to a government institution by a third party and is treated consistently in a confidential manner by the third part!i 2O(IXb.1) INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY TO A GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION FOR PREPARATION, MAINTENANCE, TESTING OR IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY PLANS information that is supplied in confidence to a government institution by a third party for the preparation, maintenance, testing or implementation by the government institution of emergency management plans within the meaning of section 2 of the Emergency Management Act and that concerns the vulnerability of the third party's buildings or other structures, its networks or systems, including its computer or communications networks or systems, or the methods used to protect any of those buildings, structures, networks or systems; 2O(IXc) INFORMATION THAT COULD RESULT IN A FINANCIAL LOSS OR GAIN information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to result in material financial loss or gain to, or could reasonably be expected to prejudice the competitive position of, a third party; or 24( 1 ) STATUTORY PROHIBITIONS The head of a government institution shall refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information the disclosure of which is restricted by or pursuant to any provision set out in Schedule II. Pages 1to là 15 are withheld pursuant to section sont retenues en vertu de I'article 24(11 of the Access to lnformation Act de la Loi sur I'accès à I'information Pages 16 to I à 22 are withheld pursuant to sections sont retenues en vertu des articles 20(1Xb), 20(1xb.r \ 20(1Xc), 24(1', of the Access to lnformation Act de la Loi sur I'accès à I'information Pages2Stolà52 are withheld pursuant to section sont retenues en vertu de I'article 24(11 of the Access to lnformation Act de la Loi sur I'accès à l'information