The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2025-007 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.
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| Report: | A-2025-007 |
| Report Date: | February 25, 2025 |
| Public Body: | Memorial University |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access request to Memorial University for records related to the proposed joint development of the University of Prince Edward Island Faculty of Medicine. Memorial provided a large number of records, with redactions based on sections 29 (policy advice or recommendations), 30 (legal advice), 31 (disclosure harmful to law enforcement), 32 (confidential evaluations), 35 (harm to the financial and economic interests of a public body), 38 (disclosure harmful to labour relations), 39 (disclosure harmful to third party business interests), and 40 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The Commissioner found that the exceptions had been properly applied and that it had not been clearly demonstrated, pursuant to section 9 of the Act, that the public interest in disclosure outweighed the reasons for the exceptions. The Commissioner recommended Memorial continue to withhold the redacted information. |
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