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- Court of Appeal affirms robust interpretation of academic freedom exclusion in Alberta
On October 28, 2025, the Court of Appeal of Alberta affirmed that the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (the OIPC) acted unreasonably in narrowly construing the teaching and research records exclusion in the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA … Read more »
- Notes on Nova Scotia’s FOIPOP Reform Bill
On Friday, the Nova Scotia legislature introduced Bill 150, a new statute that consolidates the province’s public sector access and privacy laws and introduces key modernization reforms. Below are some quick highlights from the bill. Class-based exemption for security control information. I just p … Read more »
- File path information, network security and FOI
On March 7, 2025, the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench affirmed the withholding of file path information from a requester who sought the information under Saskatchewan’s provincial freedom of information statute. The Court described the information as “file path addresses/links and barcodes within … Read more »
- Ont CA finds compliance with a reasonable record retention policy weighs against unacceptable negligence finding
On September 15, the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed an appeal seeking a Charter remedy for lost evidence in a criminal matter. The Crown withdrew charges against the appellant after he absconded to the United States and was convicted on separate charges, making a return to Canada unlikely unt … Read more »
- System monitoring decision stresses employees’ informed choice
In December of last year, Arbitrator Abramsky upheld a grievance that challenged the reasonableness of system monitoring conducted by an employer, though only to the extent the employer’s workplace monitoring policy (which is required in Ontario) did not provide clear enough notice. She accepted t … Read more »