The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2021-037 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.
To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/commissioner.
| Report: | A-2021-037 |
| Report Date: | September 21, 2021 |
| Public Body: | Department of Transportation and Infrastructure |
| Summary: | The Complainant made a request to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure for information shared with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. The Department withheld the records, claiming section 31 (disclosure harmful to law enforcement). The Complainant filed a complaint with our Office. During our investigation, the Department refused to provide our Office with some records for which the Department claimed section 30 (legal advice), and also refused to provide a sufficient description of the records. The Commissioner found that the Department was entitled to withhold some records under section 31, but that the Department had not met the statutory burden of proof for establishing that section 30 applied, and therefore recommended that those records be disclosed. |
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