Access to Information Orders
Decision Information
Request for outstanding cheques issued by City to corporations between January 1 and March 31, 2006 for amounts of $1000 or more. Section 11(d) (injury to financial interests) - upheld for "cheque number" and "amount paid" fields of record. City's decision to deny access to the withheld portions of record upheld.
Decision Content
NATURE OF THE APPEAL:
The City of Toronto (the City) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for a list of cheques that have been issued by the City and remain outstanding, including
… outstanding cheques for companies not individuals for the period [of] January 01, 2006 to March 31, 2006 for amounts $1000.00 and greater.
The requester specified that she was seeking information in regard to the following fields: cheque number, payment date, payee name, amount paid and address to which the cheque was sent.
The City issued a decision and provided partial access to one responsive record, disclosing the information sought by the requester in all of the above specified fields with the exception of the “cheque number” and “amount paid” fields. The City cited the application of section 11 (economic and other interests) of the Act to deny access to the information contained in the two non-disclosed fields of the record.
The requester (now the appellant) appealed the City’s decision.