Archive (Year: 2017)
Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Proposal on Data Matching
First reading has been given to The Data Matching Agreements Act. Kruzeniski stated: In the spring of this year, I released proposals for Data Matching legislation. I am pleased that the Legislative Assembly is now considering such legislation. And he further stated: The proposed legislation clarifies the steps that a Ministry must take in order... read more
IPCs across Canada call on governments to safeguard independent review of solicitor-client privilege
In a joint resolution, Canada’s Information and Privacy Commissioners (IPCs) have called on governments to ensure that access to information and privacy legislation in every jurisdiction empowers IPCs to compel the production of records over which solicitor-client privilege has been claimed by public bodies to verify whether these claims are properly asserted when responding to... read more
LA FOIP, Municipalities and Cities
Access to information under LA FOIP One of the purposes of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP) is to ensure that local authorities are transparent and accountable to the public. One way of facilitating transparency and accountability is to provide individuals with the right to access records in... read more
What About the Non-Responsive Record?
When a public body gets an access request, it has the obligation of searching for the responsive (relevant) records. In almost all cases, 99.9% of the public body’s records will be non-responsive to the applicant’s access request. There will be times where a decision has to be made whether a record is responsive or non-responsive... read more