Tag: Time Extensions
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Seminar Recap: Time Extensions and Staged Access Plans Under Ontario’s New FOI Rules
On July 14, 2026, FOI Assist hosted the fourth seminar in the FOI Assist Seminar Series (2026). Thank you to everyone who attended! This seminar explained time extensions and some of the most significant procedural changes introduced by Bill 97, including Ontario’s new rules governing second time extensions and staged access plans under FIPPA and…
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Reminder: Register for Tomorrow’s FOI Assist Seminar
This is a quick reminder that there are still spots available for tomorrow’s free FOI Assist seminar: Time Extensions and Staged Access Plans Under Ontario’s New FOI Rules
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FOI Assist Seminar Series: Time Extensions and Staged Access Plans Under Ontario’s New FOI Rules
The next FOI Assist seminar will provide guidance on employing time extensions, second time extensions, and staged access plans under the recent Bill 97 changes to FIPPA and MFIPPA. Significant changes to Ontario’s FOI process are coming into effect in July, including new business-day timelines, second time extensions, and staged access plans for larger requests.…
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Registration Link for Seminar #4
As of July, Bill 97 introduces many changes to Ontario’s Freedom of Information framework under FIPPA and MFIPPA. This seminar will examine Ontario’s updated FOI rules for time extensions and the newly created staged access plans.
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Action plan for large FOI requests
Today’s article is intended to give institutions an initial plan of action they can follow when a large request is received
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Should You Include a Time Extension in Your Interim Fee Estimate?
When an institution expects that it will be issuing both a fee deposit request as well as a time extension for the same FOI request, how should it proceed? Should the institution issue the time extension first, the fee deposit request first, or should it issue them both in the same letter?
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