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This appeal was received pursuant to section 50(1) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the "Act"), which gives a person who has made a request for access to a record under section 24(1) or a request for access to personal information under section 48(1) a right to appeal any decision of a head under the Act to the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
The facts of this case and the procedures employed in making this Order are as follows:
1. A request was made to Ontario Hydro (the "institution") for access to:
...all the agendas and minutes (but not the submissions or presentations) of SOATIC (ie. the 'Senior Ontario Hydro/AECL Technical Information Committee'), from its beginnings in 1984 up to the present.
2. The institution's Freedom of Information and Privacy Co-ordinator wrote to the requester and advised that:
Please be advised that these records are fully exempt from disclosure under sections 15(a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
These sections apply because the minutes are a record of confidential joint discussion between Ontario Hydro and AECL. Disclosure would reveal information received in confidence from AECL which is an agency of the federal government. Furthermore, it is important that AECL and Ontario Hydro be able to communicate fully and frankly about matters of mutual concern. Disclosure of the minutes would prejudice relations between the two agencies and undermine the usefulness of future meetings.
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