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PO-3139

Document		PO-3139


File #		PA08-159-2


Institution/HIC		University of Ottawa


Summary		The appellant sought access to all records held by the University of Ottawa relating to him that were sent or received by the President of the university since November 30, 2006. The university granted partial access to 480 pages of records and denied access to a significant number of other records, pursuant to the exclusionary provision in section 65(6) (labour relations), and the discretionary exemptions in section 49(a), read in conjunction with section 19 (solicitor-client privilege) and 49(b) (personal privacy). The reasonableness of the university’s search was also at issue, as well as the responsiveness of some of the records. Finally, the fee charged by the university for the records disclosed to the appellant was in dispute. This order upholds the university’s search and access decision. This order does not uphold the university’s decision to charge for search and preparation time of the responsive records and orders it to refund the appellant any search and preparation fees already paid.


Legislation		FIPPA Section 19 2(1) personal information Section 24 49(a) 49(b) 65(6)


Signed by		Catherine Corban


Published		Nov 27, 2012


Type		Order


Orders and Reports Considered		M-909


Cases Considered		Ontario (Ministry of Correctional Services) v. Goodis (2008), 89 O.R. (3d) 457 (Div Ct.).


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