October 24, 2013
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2013-015 Released
The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2013-015 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. A summary of the Report is included below.
To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/accessreports.htm 
Report: A-2013-015
Report Date: October 21, 2013
Public Body: College of the North Atlantic
Summary: The Applicant requested, from the College of the North Atlantic, approved budget documents for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 from CNA-Qatar. The College declined to provide the records, claiming sections 23(1) (a) and (b) (disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations) and section 24(1) (a), (b) and (g) (disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body) of the ATIPPA. The Commissioner found that the College, by not providing any formal submission in support of its position, had not met the burden of proof under section 64(1) and recommended that the records be provided to the Applicant.
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Media contact:
Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309
2013 10 24 9:20 a.m.