PO-2033-I

The Ministry of the Solicitor General (the Ministry, now the Ministry of Public Safety and Security) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) from a member of the media, for access to "all video footage recorded by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) at Ipperwash Provincial Park (Ipperwash) from September 5-7, 1995" and "all photos taken by the OPP at Ipperwash Provincial Park from September 5-7, 1995."

The Ministry advised the requester that it required a 60-day time extension in order to process the request and to conduct an extensive search for responsive records. The requester agreed to this extension. The Ministry later advised the requester that it required a second 30-day extension. The requester (now the appellant) appealed this additional extension, and this issue was resolved through mediation by this office.

The Ministry issued a decision letter to the appellant, denying access to all videotapes and photographs it had identified as being responsive to the request. The Ministry relied on one or more of the following exemptions: law enforcement (section 14), and invasion of privacy (section 21). The Ministry also advised the appellant that, pursuant to sections 14(3) and 21(5) of the Act, it could neither confirm nor deny the existence of any further responsive records.

The appellant appealed this decision.

• FIPPA
• 2(2)
• 21(1)
• 21(1)(a)
• 21(3)(a)
• 21(3)(b)
• 50(3)
• Section 23
• 10(2)
• 14(1)(h)
• 21(1)(f)
• 2(1)
• 30(2)

• Personal Representative
• personal/professional differentiation
• Photographs
• Public Interest Override
• Reconsideration of Order
• Severance