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Three requests were made to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to the names and addresses of attendees and invitees of the Ministry's Medical Information/Computer Forums held on December 7, 1992 in Burlington (Appeal P-9300225), January 20, 1993 in Kitchener (Appeal P-9300226) and January 27, 1993 in Niagara-on-the-Lake (Appeal P-9300227). The Ministry located three lists responsive to each request:
Record 1 - a list of health care providers (the providers) in each relevant region;
Record 2 - a sign-in sheet for attendees of the forum; and
Record 3 - a list of staff who attended the show.
The Ministry granted access to Record 3 in full for each of the requests, and granted partial access to Records 1 and 2 for each of the requests, with severances of some of the addresses pursuant to section 21 of the Act. The Ministry stated that this exemption was used to remove providers' home addresses.
The requester appealed the Ministry's decision to sever addresses and expressed the view that the addresses at issue are business addresses rather than home addresses and should be disclosed. The appellant noted in particular that in every case Record 2 was headed with the words "PROVIDER'S OFFICE NAME/ADDRESS". During mediation, the Ministry re-considered its decision and disclosed Record 2 to the appellant in each appeal, in its entirety.
Thus, only Record 1 remains at issue in each appeal.
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