PO-2063-R

This order sets out my decision on two reconsideration requests stemming from Interim Order PO-2033-I, issued August 9, 2002.

The Ministry of Public Safety and Security (formerly the Ministry of the Solicitor General) (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) from a member of the media (the appellant), for access to "all video footage recorded by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) at Ipperwash Provincial Park (Ipperwash) from September 5-7, 1995" and "all photos taken by the OPP at Ipperwash Provincial Park from September 5-7, 1995."

The Ministry denied access to certain responsive records, and the appellant appealed that decision to this office. After conducting an inquiry under the Act, I made a number of findings and issued Interim Order PO-2033-I. Specifically, I found that certain Category 2 records that qualified for exemption under section 21 of the Act also met the requirements of the public interest override in section 23, and I ordered that these records be disclosed. I found that other exempt Category 2 records did not meet the requirements of section 23, and I upheld the Ministry's decision to deny access to these records.

• FIPPA
• 2(2)
• 21(1)
• 21(1)(a)
• 21(3)(a)
• 21(3)(b)
• 50(3)
• 2(1) personal information
• Section 23
• 66(a)

• Personal Representative
• personal/professional differentiation
• Photographs
• Public Interest Override
• Reconsideration of Order
• Severance