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PO-2064

File #  PA-010335-1
Institution/HIC  Ministry of Consumer and Business Services
Summary  The appellant submitted a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act ) to the Ministry of Consumer and Business Services (the Ministry) for access to: All records (including correspondence), memos, letters, memorandums of understanding, etc dated from 1991 to the present, in the possession of [the Ministry], referencing the following issues: The disposition of income and/or capital gains related to pre-need assurance funds. The interpretation of "income" (referred to in section 27(2) of the Cemeteries Act , R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4 and section 36(5) of the Cemeteries Act (Revised) , R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4 and/or "capital gains" (realized on monies held in pre-need assurance funds established by cemeteries pursuant to the requirements of section 36 of the Cemeteries Act (Revised) , R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, and its predecessor legislation and/or the relationship between the definitions of "income" and "capital gains". The Ministry identified 68 records responsive to the request, and advised the appellant that it was granting partial access to them. The Ministry advised that it was relying on the exemptions at sections 13 (advice to government), 15 (relations with other governments), 17 (third party commercial information) 18 (valuable government information), 19 (solicitor-client privilege) and 21 (personal privacy) of the Act to deny access to records or portions of records. The appellant then appealed the Ministry's decision to this office.
Legislation
  • FIPPA
  • 15(b)
  • 18(1)(e)
  • 18(1)(g)
  • Section 19
  • 2(1)
  • 13(1)
  • 17(1)
Subject Index
Signed by  David Goodis
Published  Nov 06, 2002
Type  Order
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