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On May 10, 1993, the undersigned was appointed Inquiry Officer and received a delegation of the power and duty to conduct inquiries and make orders under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
BACKGROUND:
The Ministry of Financial Institutions (now the Ministry of Finance) (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to certain files relating to a named corporation (the Corporation).
The Ministry denied access to portions of the records pursuant to sections 12(1)(b), 13(1), 14(1)(c) and (d), 14(2)(a) and (c), 15(a), 17(1)(a), (b) and (c), and 21 of the Act. The requester appealed the Ministry's decision.
The Ministry subsequently advised the Appeals Officer that it was relying on the exemptions under both sections 15(a) and 15(b) of the Act. In addition, it clarified that, with regard to the exemption claimed under section 21(1), it was relying on sections 21(2)(e) through (i) and sections 21(3)(b) and (f) of the Act.
During mediation, the scope of the appeal was narrowed to records relating to the Corporation's business and underwriting practices for the period from 1988 to the "present" (the date of the request). Attached to this order is Appendix A which lists the 22 records remaining at issue in this appeal and the exemptions claimed by the Ministry for each. I will refer to these records using the numbers assigned to them by the Ministry. Record 77 is a duplicate of Record 29. My decision on Record 29 will also apply to Record 77.
Further mediation was not successful and notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the Ministry's decision was sent to the appellant, the Ministry and the Corporation. Written representations were received from the appellant, the Ministry, the Corporation and the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (the CDIC), a party whose interests may also be affected by the release of information at issue in this appeal.
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