Collection
Access to Information Orders
Date
File Numbers
PA23-00144
Adjudicators
Justine Wai
Decision Type
Order
Applicable Legislation
FIPPA - 65(8.1)(c)
The appellant, a member of the media, made a request under the Act for access to an email chain relating to an academic review of an article published by the Lancet. The hospital denied the appellant access to the email chain, claiming it is excluded from the scope of the Act due to the research exclusion. The hospital also withheld certain emails within the chain, claiming they are not responsive to the appellant’s request. In this decision, the adjudicator finds the research exclusion applies to the entire email chain. The appeal is dismissed.