Collection
Access to Information Orders
Date
File Numbers
MA23-00194
Adjudicators
Marian Sami
Decision Type
Order
Applicable Legislation
MFIPPA - 2(1) personal information
MFIPPA - 14(1)(a)
MFIPPA - 14(3)(c)
MFIPPA - 14(5)
MFIPPA - 16
The city of Hamilton (the city) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for records related to the receipt of social assistance by tenants at a particular address (where the requester is the landlord). The city decided that it could not confirm or deny whether there were responsive records [section 14(5) of the Act]. The adjudicator upholds the city’s decision to do so and finds that there is no public interest in disclosure of the records, if they exist, under the “public interest override” (section 16 of the Act).