Investigation Report: FIPPA Refused Access – City of Winnipeg

2017-09-29

Summary

City of Winnipeg – refusal of access to the Portage and Main Transportation Study on the basis that the draft versions contained advice to a public body; provision 23(1)(a); ombudsman found this exception applied to the advice, opinions, analyses and recommendations that are contained in the draft versions of the report but that the exception did not apply to the entire records. The complaint was partly supported. The city confirmed that the final version of the report is scheduled to be presented to city council on October 25, 2017. With the public release of the final report, any information originating from the withheld drafts that is not subject to 23(1)(a) will be disclosed. Given the expectation of an imminent public release of the report, our office did not consider it reasonable or practical in the circumstances to make any recommendations to release portions of the draft versions.

Case 2017-0209