The Ministry of the Solicitor General (the ministry) received a request under the Act for records related to the site selection for a new correctional facility in Kemptville, Ontario. The ministry issued an access decision denying access to portions of the records pursuant to sections 12(1) (Cabinet records), and 13(1) (advice or recommendations) of the Act.
The requester, now the appellant, appealed the ministry’s decision to the IPC and raised the application of the public interest override at section 23 of the Act.
In this order, the adjudicator partially upholds the ministry’s decision that portions of the responsive records are exempt by reason of sections 12(1) and 13(1). She finds that the public interest override in section 23 does not apply to override the section 13(1) exemption.