The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2023-012 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-2023-012 |
| Report Date: | March 8, 2023 |
| Public Body: | City of St. John’s |
| Summary: | The Complainant requested the 2019 to 2021 financial statements for St. John’s Sports and Entertainment Ltd. from the City of St. John’s. The 2021 statement included information on the aggregate amount paid out by St. John’s Sports and Entertainment Ltd. to settle workplace disputes, as well as information pertaining to the settlement of another legal matter. The City objected to the release of this information, citing sections 30(1)(a), 30(2), 35(1)(b), and 35(1)(g) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The City also asserted settlement privilege. The Commissioner found, pursuant to section 43(3), that the City did not meet the burden of proof for any of the exceptions to disclosure it cited. Further, the Commissioner held that settlement privilege is not recognized as an exception to disclosure under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The Commissioner recommended the City release the information currently being withheld from St. John’s Sports and Entertainment Ltd.’s 2021 financial statements. |
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