The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2021-046 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-2021-046 |
| Report Date: | November 23, 2021 |
| Public Body: | Department of Environment and Climate Change |
| Summary: | The Department of Environment and Climate Change received an access request for written submissions that two Third Parties submitted to the province’s Standing Fish Price Setting Panel following the release of one of the Panel’s written decisions. The Department withheld the records in their entirety, citing sections 35(1)(d) (disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body) and 39(1) (disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party). The Complainant made a complaint with this Office, requesting the release of the responsive records. The Commissioner found that the Department did not properly apply sections 35 or 39 and recommended the release of the records. Further, the Commissioner found that the Department did not conduct the required line-by-line review of the responsive records, and recommended that the Department conduct a line-by-line review of responsive records, as appropriate, in the future. |
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