P-433

The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to reports prepared by the Ministry's audit investigation branch relating to the activities of three named Ministry employees. The Ministry advised the requester that one of the individuals had never been the subject of a Ministry audit. With respect to the other two employees, the Ministry notified these individuals of the request, pursuant to section 28 of the Act. After receiving their representations, the Ministry denied access to the two audit reports, claiming section 21(1) of the Act. The requester appealed the Ministry's decision.

Mediation of the appeal was not successful, and notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the Ministry's decision was sent to the Ministry, the appellant, the two Ministry employees who had been the subject of two separate audit investigations (affected person #l and affected person #2), and four other individuals or companies referred to in the records (the other affected persons). Written representations were received from the Ministry, the appellant, affected person #1, affected person #2, and two of the other affected persons.

Record 1 is an audit report relating to relocation expenses paid to affected person #1. Record 2 is an audit report concerning the use of Ministry funds and equipment by affected person #2. A description of the documents comprising the records is contained in Appendix A.

• FIPPA
• 2(1) personal information
• 21(1)(f)
• 21(2)(a)
• 21(2)(c)
• 21(2)(f)
• 21(2)(h)
• 21(3)(d)

• Audit Report/Papers
• education or employment history
• expenses
• highly sensitive
• invasion of privacy
• investigation
• presumption of
• Public Scrutiny
• supplied in confidence
• unjustified invasion of