Bill C-461

1st Session, 41st Parliament,

60-61-62 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012-2013

house of commons of canada

BILL C-461

An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act (disclosure of information)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE

1. This Act may be cited as the CBC and Public Service Disclosure and Transparency Act.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT

2. The Access to Information Act is amended by adding the following after section 18.1:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

18.2 (1) This Act does not apply to any information that is under the control of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and that would reveal the identity of any confidential journalistic source.

(2) The head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation may refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act if the disclosure could reasonably be expected to prejudice the Corporation’s journalistic, creative or programming independence.

3. Section 68.1 of the Act is repealed.

PRIVACY ACT

4. Subparagraph (j)(iii) of the definition “personal information” in section 3 of the Privacy Act is replaced by the following:

(iii) the classification and responsibilities of the position held by the individual,

(iii.1) the total annual monetary income of the individual from the government institution if that income is greater than the maximum total annual monetary income that could be paid to a Deputy Minister,

(iii.2) the salary range of the position held by the individual if their total annual monetary income from the government institution is equal to or less than the maximum total annual monetary income that could be paid to a Deputy Minister,

(iii.3) the expenses incurred by the indi-vidual in the course of his or her employment for which he or she has been reimbursed by the government institution,

5. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 28:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

28.1 The head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation may refuse to disclose any personal information requested under subsection 12(1) if the disclosure could reasonably be expected to prejudice the Corporation’s journalistic, creative or programming independence.

6. The Act is amended by adding the following after subsection 69(2):

(3) This Act does not apply to personal information that is under the control of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and that would reveal the identity of any confidential journalistic source.

(4) Sections 4 to 10 do not apply to personal information that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation collects, uses or discloses for solely journalistic, artistic or literary purposes.

7. Section 69.1 of the Act is repealed.

COMING INTO FORCE

8. This Act comes into force 90 days after the day on which it receives royal assent.