The Ministry of Finance (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for copies of all records held by the Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) relating to the appellant and to six named corporations. The appellant clarified that he was interested in obtaining records created by the OSC between 1979 and 1997 relating to any investigations, inquiries or comments with respect either to himself or to any of the corporations. The appellant later narrowed the scope of his request to include only those records which were compiled between 1985 and 1997.