Beder v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

Decided: 2026-10-07. Docket: T-2222-26. Citation: 2026 FC 1237 (CanLII). Access to information — Privacy Act — Application under s. 41 — Essential requirements for s. 41 relief — Whether there was a continuing refusal of access at the hearing — Requirement for an OPC report under s. 35, Statham v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — Court lacks jurisdiction where only remedy is disclosure — Notice of Application struck out | Access to information — Privacy Act — Mootness — Deemed refusal and subsequent response — Whether the application is moot after the applicant has received a response — Scope of “remedied” deemed refusal, Sir v Canada (Royal Mounted Police) — Dissatisfaction with contents of disclosure does not prevent mootness — Application dismissed | Procedure — Motion to strike — Ple