Investigation Report: FIPPA Refused Access – Unnamed public body
investigations & monitoring
fippa
Summary
Unnamed public body; refused access to records related to a proposed water diversion, specifically records between the municipality and its lawyer, 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 2014-0025