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P-541
The Ministry of the Attorney General (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to information relating to an investigation of an allegation of sexual harassment against the requester. The requester specifically sought access to the names of the individuals interviewed and their statements, the notes taken or received by the investigator, the reports submitted by the investigator and her superior, and any information provided to the Human Resources Branch of the Ministry and the individual who decided the matter.
The Ministry identified 16 records, comprising 86 pages, as being responsive to the request and provided full access to ten records (29 pages). Included in these records was a copy of the complaint, as well as several internal memorandum detailing some of the complainant's concerns.
Partial access was granted to three of the records - the investigation report and two internal memoranda. Six words of the investigation report were withheld from disclosure pursuant to section 49(b) of the Act. Portions of the memoranda were withheld pursuant to section 13(1) of the Act.
Access in total was denied to two pieces of correspondence pursuant to sections 49(b) and 21 and to the statements of the witnesses pursuant to section 49(b) of the Act.
The requester appealed the decision of the Ministry. ...
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