PO-1827

The Ministry of Northern Developments and Mines (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to the following:

all correspondence, memoranda, briefing notes, analyses, e-mails and commentaries received by the [Ministry] regarding the development of the Mining Act Part VII Regulation and Mine Rehabilitation Code, between January, 1996 and the date of the receipt of this request from the following Ontario government agencies: the Ministry of the Environment (and Energy); the Ministry of Natural Resources; the Ministry of Labour; the Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry located 19 responsive records comprising 57 pages. These records consist of letters, memoranda, notes, e-mail messages and facsimile transmissions. The Ministry granted full access to ten records, partial access to one record, and denied access to the remaining eight records. The Ministry claimed section 13(1) (advice and recommendations) as the basis for exempting all remaining records or partial records, and section 17(1) (third party information) as an additional exemption claim for Records 29 and 57.

The requester (now the appellant) appealed the Ministry’s decision, and also claimed that there is a compelling public interest in the disclosure of the records pursuant to section 23 of the Act.

• FIPPA
• 65(6)3

• labour relations/employment of a person by the institution