The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2024-052 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/reports/.
| Report: | A-2024-052 |
| Report Date: | November 27, 2024 |
| Public Body: | City of St. John’s |
| Summary: | The City of St. John’s received an access request for information about specific properties the City is purchasing per its 2024 budget. The City informed the Complainant that records responsive to their request were found among the minutes of two Special Meetings of Council and therefore were being withheld, citing sections 28 (local public body confidences), and 35 (disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The Complainant sought a review of the application of the redactions, asserting the information should not have been withheld in its entirety. This Office determined that the City had applied the redactions too broadly, recommending release of additional information. |
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