P-532

In early 1991, the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (the Ministry) entered into an arrangement with a private company, Real/Data Ontario Inc. (RDO), to produce a "land related information system". Pursuant to a Strategic Alliance Master Agreement between RDO and the Ministry, a company called Teranet Land Information Services Inc. (Teranet) was incorporated with RDO and the Ministry as the only shareholders. A Shareholders' Agreement, an Implementation and Operation Agreement and a License Agreement were also completed.

Subsequently, a request was made to the Ministry under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to information about the Teranet arrangement and in particular, information about the owners and/or principals of RDO.

The Ministry identified the four agreements between the Ministry, RDO and Teranet as responsive records and notified RDO and Teranet of the request pursuant to section 28(1) of the Act. RDO and Teranet objected to release of the records. After considering RDO and Teranet's representations, the Ministry provided access to some records but denied access to others under sections 17, 18 and 21 of the Act. The requester appealed the Ministry's decision.

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• FIPPA
• 18(1)(d)
• 2(1) personal information
• Section 23
• 17(1)

• business/personal information
• Contract
• financial
• financial information
• identifiable individual
• Public Interest Override
• reasonable expectation of harm