The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2024-012 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-2024-012 |
| Report Date: | March 20, 2024 |
| Public Body: | Executive Council |
| Summary: | The Complainant made a request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 to Executive Council for records relating to the submission to government and the subsequent public release of the Auditor General’s report about Memorial University. Executive Council located records and provided some of them to the Complainant, withholding some information under section 7(2) (conflict with other Acts) and section 30 (legal advice). The Commissioner found that Executive Council had met its duty to assist the applicant as required by section 13 of the Act, had conducted a reasonable search for records, and had properly applied the claimed exceptions to access. Accordingly, the Commissioner recommended that Executive Council maintain its position and continue to withhold the redacted information. |
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