An individual made a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) to the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (the ministry) for information about a tool used by the ministry to establish funding priority for adults with development disabilities. The ministry refused access to the tool stating that disclosure would be injurious to the financial interests of the Government of Ontario (section 18(1)(d) of the Act).
In this order, the adjudicator upholds the ministry’s decision to withhold the tool, in part. She finds that information relating to the purpose and business context of the tool, information included in the published version of the tool, and the score type is not exempt because its disclosure would not be injurious to the ministry’s financial interests. However, she finds that disclosure of the remaining information would be injurious to the ministry’s financial interests under section 18(1)(d) and the public interest override at section 23 does not apply to permit its disclosure.