P-1105

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (the Ministry) received a request for access to information related to the formation of alliances or facilities-sharing arrangements between a named corporation (the Corporation) and the Ministry's Agricultural and Food Services Laboratory Branch (the Branch). The request was made under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act).

The Ministry identified 25 documents as being responsive to the request. Pursuant to section 28(1) of the Act, the Ministry notified the Corporation of the request. After receiving submissions from the Corporation, the Ministry issued a decision to the requester. The decision granted access to 10 records in their entirety and portions of four others. The Ministry denied access to 11 documents in their entirety. The Ministry applied the following exemptions in denying access to these records, either in whole or in part:

Cabinet records - section 12

advice and recommendations - section 13(1)

third party information - section 17(1)

economic and other interests - section 18(1)(e)

The requester appealed this decision.

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• FIPPA
• 1(a)(i)
• 10(1) custody or control
• 17(1)(a)
• 17(1)(c)
• Section 19
• 17(1)

• contractual negotiations