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NLIS 2 June 28, 2005 (Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner) The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Phil
Wall, has released his Report 2005-004 under authority of the Access to
Information and Protection of Privacy Act. A summary of the report is
included below. Summary: The Applicant applied under the
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPPA) for access to
records relating to polls conducted within a specified time frame. Executive
Council withheld these records in their entirety, invoking section 18(1)
(Cabinet confidences) of the ATIPPA. Executive Council claimed that the
records in question containing a total of eight polls had been provided to
Cabinet, and by virtue of this were protected from disclosure. The Commissioner
found that Executive Council had interpreted section 18 too broadly, and
recommended that the majority of the records be released, with the exception of
some small portions which he felt could reveal the substance of Cabinet
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