PO-4648

An individual made a request to the Ministry of the Solicitor General under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to records related to an investigation into a complaint against members of the Ontario Provincial Police. The ministry issued a decision denying access to the responsive records claiming that the doctrine of issue estoppel applied to the occurrence records, while the complaint records are excluded from the Act under the employment or labour relations exclusion (section 65(6)3).
In this order, the adjudicator finds that the doctrine of issue estoppel applies to the occurrence records. She also upholds the ministry’s claim that the labour relations exclusion applies to the complaint records. She dismisses the appeal.