Document

MO-1393

File #  MA-000164-1
Institution/HIC  Town of Parry Sound
Summary  This is an appeal under the provisions of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act ), from a decision of the Town of Parry Sound (the Town) denying access to portions of a contract between the Town and a named corporation. As background to this appeal, the corporation (the affected party) has entered into an agreement with the Town under which it has agreed to develop a waterfront site owned by the Town. The requester (now the appellant) asked for a copy of the lease agreement (including schedules) between the Town and the affected party. The Town located the agreement in question, notified the affected party of the request and asked for its views. The affected party objected to the release of certain information in the agreement. After receiving the views of the affected party, the Town released the agreement to the appellant with some of the information severed. In withholding portions of the record from the appellant, the Town relied on the mandatory exemption found in section 10(1) of the Act (third party information). I sent a Notice of Inquiry to the Town and to the affected party, initially, inviting their representations on the issues raised by the appeal. I have received representations from the affected party, but not the Town. The representations of the affected party were shared with the appellant, who has provided representations in response. It should be noted that the appellant has stated in its representations that a portion of the severed information (in Schedule C) is not important to it, since it has been superceded by the terms of the final agreement between the Town and the affected party. Accordingly, I have decided to remove Schedule C to the agreement from the scope of this appeal.
Legislation
  • MFIPPA
  • 10(1)
Subject Index
Signed by  Sherry Liang
Published  Feb 05, 2001
Type  Order
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