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The Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to personal information relating to the requester. Specifically, the requester sought access to information collected by the Ontario Provincial Police (the OPP) and presented to the Postal Tribunal, information collected by the OPP regarding the requester's political activities, and any correspondence, telephone logs, or messages between the OPP and the federal government, agencies or private organizations.
The Ministry located 191 pages of records which it considered responsive to the request. Access was denied to the records pursuant to sections 49(a) and (b) of the Act. The Ministry indicated section 49(a) had been applied as the records qualified for exemption under sections 14(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (g), 14(2)(a), and 15(b) of the Act. The requester appealed the denial of access.
During mediation, the Ministry reconsidered its position and granted access to 71 pages of the records. The Ministry indicates that the remaining pages of the records consist of an intelligence file compiled by the Intelligence Branch of the OPP.
The appellant was not content with this degree of disclosure, and further mediation was not possible. Accordingly, notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the Ministry's decision was sent to the appellant and the Ministry. Representations were received from both parties.
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