Access to Information Orders
Decision Information
• Audit Report and related documents pertaining to a construction project
• Section 52(3) (labour relations and employment) - upheld
• Section 2(1) (definition of personal information) - records contain the personal information of identifiable individuals
• Section 14(1) - (personal privacy) - partly upheld
• Section 10(1) - (third party information) - not upheld
• Section 16 - (public interest override) - does not apply
• Decision partly upheld, Region ordered to disclose some records.
Decision Content
NATURE OF THE APPEAL:
The Regional Municipality of Durham (the Region) received the following request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act):
In 2005, an audit was commissioned by [a named individual] and prepared by [a second named individual] for [a named organization] relating to the procurement practices and purchase/renovation of the Region’s Traffic Operations Centre (Works Department) located at 101 Consumers Drive in Whitby.
…Therefore, pursuant to the Act, I hereby request copies of and/or access to the following:
• All information relating to the commissioning of the audit;
• Full audit report including findings and recommendations;
• All related audit notes; and
• Responses by Regional staff and Council, including but not limited to the Audit Committee, Commissioners of Works and Finance, Regional Chair; and all names of those parties that were granted access to the information.
Please ensure that both PAPER and ELECTRONIC files are subject to the search. … [emphasis in the original]