NATIONAL DEFENCE — THREE LETTERS OF 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 UNDER THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT Files A-2026-01143, A-2026-01144, A-2026-01154. Received 20 September 2026 through Canada Post Connect. Text as released; A-2026-01143 is OCR of a scanned letter and carries scanner artefacts. E-mail addresses of staff removed. SHA-256 of the PDF files: a25958d67664912a…, ee3b11af5ff0a2aa…, c7cf78c94148e0e4… =================== A-2026-01143 =================== i+ National Defence Défense nationale National Defence Headquarters Quartier général de la Défense nationale Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0K2 K1A 0K2 Our file: A-2026-01143 Danilo Dzyuban 150 Gloucester Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0A6 Dear Danilo Dzyuban, This is in response to your request submitted under the Access to Information Act (Act), for: “Hello, This is a request under the Access to Information Act. Tama person present in Canada and entitled to make this request under subsection 4(1) of the Act as extended by the Access to Information Act Extension Order, No. 1. Period covered: I January 2020 to the date this request is processed (31-08- 2026). IT request the following records. 1, Any assessment of the reliability, legal enforceability, or durability of assurances given by any allied state to defend Canada against nuclear attack 2. Any analysis, cost estimate, feasibility study, or option paper concerning an independent Canadian nuclear deterrent, or concerning Canadian nuclear latency or a recessed deterrent capability 3. Any briefing note prepared for the Minister addressing Canada's options if extended nuclear deterrence provided by an allied state were withdrawn, conditioned, or reduced 4, Any record concerning the nuclear certification status of aircraft acquired or to be acquired by Canada Please limit the search to briefing notes, memoranda to the Minister, option papers, assessments and analyses. Please exclude media monitoring and news clippings. If no records responsive to any numbered item exist, I request that your response state that expressly, item by item. I request a waiver of the application fee under subsection 11(6) of the Act. I receive social assistance under the Ontario Works Act and have no discretionary income. If the waiver is refused, tell me how to pay and I will pay the fee. If it is refused, I request the reasons in writing together with the criteria applied.I prefer to receive records electronically. 01-01-2020 to 31-08-2026” We regret to advise you that this Department neither confirms nor denies records exist pursuant to section 10(2) of the Access to Information Act. If the documentation did exist, it would be exempted in its entirety pursuant to section 15(1) of the Access to Information Act. Canada Please be advised that you are entitled to complain to the Information Commissioner concerning the processing of your request within sixty days of the receipt of this notice. In the event you decide to avail yourself of this right, your notice of complaint should be addressed to: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 30 Victoria Street Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1H3 Tel: 1-800-267-0441 Fax: 819-994-1768 Should you require clarification or assistance regarding your request, please contact Reshma Pullangani of my staff by e-mail at [address removed]. Yours truly, LARABIE, Canasit,ces.ie x7 Date: 2026.09.17 LESLIE 627 735553 oa00 Shannon Clark Larkin Executive Director Access to Information and Privacy =================== A-2026-01144 =================== National Defence Défense nationale National Defence Headquarters Quartier général de la Défense nationale Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0K2 K1A 0K2 Our file: A-2026-01144 Danilo Dzyuban 150 Gloucester Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0A6 Dear Danilo Dzyuban, This is in response to your request submitted under the Access to Information Act (Act), for: “I am a person present in Canada and entitled to make this request under subsection 4(1) of the Act as extended by the Access to Information Act Extension Order, No. 1. Period covered: 1 January 2024 to the date this request is processed (30-08-2026). I request the following records. 1. Any record identifying the instrument in which an obligation of any state to defend Canada against nuclear attack is recorded, or stating that no such instrument exists 2. Any record concerning the consequences for the defence of Canada of two events. The termination of the Agreement on the North American Aerospace Defense Command of 28 April 2006 under its 12-month notice provision. The denunciation of the North Atlantic Treaty by any Party under Article 13 of that Treaty 3. Any record concerning contingency planning for a reduction, conditioning or withdrawal of United States participation in the defence of North America 4. Any record assessing statements made publicly by officials of the United States on three subjects. The annexation of Canada. The accession of Canada as a state of the United States. An alteration of the international boundary 5. Any record concerning whether Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty obliges any Party to respond to a nuclear attack on Canada with nuclear weapons Please limit the search to briefing notes, memoranda to the Minister, option papers, assessments, analyses and contingency plans. Please exclude media monitoring and news clippings. If no records responsive to any numbered item exist, I request that your response state that expressly, item by item. I request a waiver of the application fee under subsection 11(6) of the Act. I receive social assistance under the Ontario Works Act and have no discretionary income. If the waiver is refused, tell me how to pay and I will pay the fee. If it is refused, I request the reasons in writing together with the criteria applied.I prefer to receive records electronically. 01-01-2024 to 30-08-2026” We regret to advise you that this Department neither confirms nor denies records exist pursuant to section 10(2) of the Access to Information Act. If the documentation did exist, it would be exempted in its entirety pursuant to section 15(1) of the Access to Information Act. Please be advised that you are entitled to complain to the Information Commissioner concerning the processing of your request within sixty days of the receipt of this notice. In the event you decide to avail yourself of this right, your notice of complaint should be addressed to: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 30 Victoria Street Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1H3 Tel: 1-800-267-0441 Fax: 819-994-1768 Should you require clarification or assistance regarding your request, please contact Reshma Pullangani of my staff by e-mail at [address removed]. Yours truly, Digitally signed by LARABIE, LARABIE, 627 LESLIE LESLIE 627 Date: 2026.09.17 13:16:24 -04'00' Shannon Clark Larkin Executive Director Access to Information and Privacy =================== A-2026-01154 =================== National Defence Défense nationale National Defence Headquarters Quartier général de la Défense nationale Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0K2 K1A 0K2 Our file: A-2026-01154 Danilo Dzyuban 150 Gloucester Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0A6 Dear Danilo Dzyuban, This is in response to your request submitted under the Access to Information Act (Act), for: “This is a request under the Access to Information Act. I am a person present in Canada and entitled to make this request under subsection 4(1) of the Act as extended by the Access to Information Act Extension Order, No. 1. Period covered: 1 January 2020 to the date this request is processed(31-08- 2026). Section 6(1)(a) of the Emergency Management Act requires each minister accountable to Parliament for a government institution to identify the risks within or related to their area of responsibility and to prepare emergency management plans in respect of those risks. Section 6(2)(d) requires that such a plan include, in the case of war or other armed conflict, measures that mitigate the effects of foreign armed conflict on Canada. I request the following records. 1. Any emergency management plan prepared under section 6(1)(a) of the Emergency Management Act in respect of nuclear attack on Canada 2. Any emergency management plan prepared under that section in respect of war or other armed conflict affecting Canada 3. Any list, register or inventory of the risks the Minister has identified under section 6(1). This item covers risks within the area of the Department and risks related to it 4. Any record of a test, exercise or training activity conducted under section 6(1)(c) about a plan described in item 1 or item 2 5. Any record concerning whether nuclear attack on Canada has been identified as a risk under section 6(1) and, if it has not, any record explaining why. Please exclude media monitoring and news clippings. If no records responsive to any numbered item exist, I request that your response state that expressly, item by item. I request a waiver of the application fee under subsection 11(6) of the Act. I receive social assistance under the Ontario Works Act and have no discretionary income. If the waiver is refused, tell me how to pay and I will pay the fee. If it is refused, I request the reasons in writing together with the criteria applied. I prefer to receive records electronically. 01-01-2020 to 31-08-2026” We regret to advise you that this Department neither confirms nor denies records exist pursuant to section 10(2) of the Access to Information Act. If the documentation did exist, it would be exempted in its entirety pursuant to section 15(1) of the Access to Information Act. Please be advised that you are entitled to complain to the Information Commissioner concerning the processing of your request within sixty days of the receipt of this notice. In the event you decide to avail yourself of this right, your notice of complaint should be addressed to: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 30 Victoria Street Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1H3 Tel: 1-800-267-0441 Fax: 819-994-1768 Should you require clarification or assistance regarding your request, please contact Reshma Pullangani of my staff by e-mail at [address removed]. Yours truly, LARABIE, Digitally signed by LARABIE, LESLIE LESLIE 627 Date: 2026.09.17 627 13:17:00 -04'00' Shannon Clark Larkin Executive Director Access to Information and Privacy