Investigation Report: FIPPA Refused Access – City of Winnipeg
investigations & monitoring
fippa
Summary
City of Winnipeg; refused access to a report created as a result of a review of a city land sale/swap and a land appraisal by an outside law firm on the basis that the information requested was subject to solicitor-client privilege; provision 27(1)(a); ombudsman found that the city’s decision to refuse access was in accordance with the provisions of FIPPA.
Case 2013-0285 and 2013-0286