Global Affairs Canada
Asked
A notice that never says when the clock started
Answer 1 Sept In writing.
The answer in full
The acknowledgement quotes the request back in full and explains the thirty-day period. Twice, where the date belongs, the letter reads:
… received on . … within 30 days of .
Acknowledgement letter, file A-2026-00736
The department’s own notice does not state the day its clock began. A deadline that no document fixes is a deadline the institution can place wherever it later finds convenient. Filed as received, with the date of transmission kept, because that is now the only date either side can point to.