Investigation Report: FIPPA Decision that FIPPA does not Apply to the Record(s) – Manitoba Executive Council
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Summary
Manitoba Executive Council – access to records of local, national and international phone calls and text messages from the premier’s personal cell phone regarding Manitoba government business, not provided on the basis that FIPPA did not apply to the personal records of a minister; provision 4(d); ombudsman found that the request was for records relating to Manitoba government business and not the personal records of a minister and that all records relating to government business (regardless of where or how created) come within the scope of the act. Executive Council issued a revised decision and gave access to the requested information in part.
Case 2017-0081