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This is an appeal under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act). The appellant has requested copies of records from Management Board Secretariat (the Secretariat). The requested records are the entire contents of the file relating to a complaint made by the appellant under the Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Program (WDHP). The Secretariat granted access to a substantial part of the file. The Secretariat relies on the following exemptions to deny access to the remainder of the file:
invasion of privacy - sections 21(1) and 49(b).
In addition to appealing the denial of access based on these exemptions, the appellant has also indicated that he believes additional responsive records exist.
A Notice of Inquiry was provided to the parties to the appeal including the Secretariat, the appellant and the respondent in the WDHP complaint (the respondent). This notice was also sent to 16 persons (the witnesses) who gave, or declined to give, statements to the WDHP investigator. Representations were received from the Secretariat, the appellant, the respondent and 10 of the witnesses.
There are 52 records at issue, consisting of the records and parts of records in the WDHP complaint file which have not been disclosed to the appellant. Throughout this order, I will use the record numbers assigned by the Secretariat. The records are described in detail in Appendix "A" to this order. They fall into five groups, as follows:
Group 1: Witness statements and other documents provided by the respondent and witnesses; investigator's notes regarding the complaint;
Group 2: Other records involving witnesses; additional investigator's notes;
Group 3: Job competition records including applications by persons other than the appellant;
Group 4: Job competition records which include information about the appellant; and
Group 5: Memorandum (Record 172) written by the respondent, not directly related to complaint.
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