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The Ministry of the Solicitor General (the institution) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to information relating to the requester and a number of named individuals and companies.
The institution initially refused to confirm or deny the existence of any responsive records, citing sections 14(3), 21(5) and 49(a) of the Act. Attempts to mediate the appeal were not successful and notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the decision of the head was sent to the appellant and the institution.
After receiving the Notice of Inquiry, the institution issued a new decision, withdrawing its claims under sections 14(3) and 21(5), and granting the appellant partial access to the one responsive record. Access to the remainder of this record was denied, pursuant to sections 14(2)(a), 14(1)(g), 15(b) and 21(1) of the Act.
The record consists of a four-page account of the results of certain Royal Canadian Mounted Police inquiries regarding various persons and companies. Pages 003 and 004 of the record were denied in their entirety, and pages 001 and 002 were released, subject to severances.
The appellant and institution were given the opportunity to make further representations with respect to the new decision. Additional representations were received from the institution, and the appellant indicated that he wished to rely on the representations made in response to the original Notice of Inquiry.
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