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The appellant wrote to the Ministry of the Solicitor General (the Ministry) seeking access under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) to records from the North Grey Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) relating to "the Durham & District Fire Board inquiry which was initiated by Durham Township, in the County of Grey."
The Ministry located responsive records and granted access to a press release only. The Ministry advised that it was denying access to the remaining 31 pages of records on the basis of the exemptions at sections 19 (solicitor-client privilege) and 21 (personal privacy) of the Act.
The appellant appealed the Ministry's decision to this office. In her letter of appeal, the appellant stated that, in her view, the records could be severed in such a way that disclosure would not breach personal privacy or solicitor-client privilege, but the substance of the records could be revealed. The appellant also stated that she believes more responsive records should exist, in addition to those identified by the Ministry.
During the mediation stage of the appeal, the Ministry contacted the author of one of the requested records, a letter dated December 19, 1996 (pages 27-30), to determine whether he consented to the disclosure of this record. The affected person advised the Ministry that he objected to its disclosure.
Also during the mediation stage of the appeal, the appellant determined that she was already in possession of a one page letter from the OPP to the Clerk of the Town of Durham dated December 1996 (page 31) and that, therefore, she was no longer seeking access to this record.
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