Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 8 April 2024. 166 (a) as a service to a person, a group of persons or an organization other than a government institution, and for a fee; or (b) as preliminary or experimental tests for the purpose of: (i) developing methods of testing; or (ii) testing products for possible purchase. Section 18 of FOIP is a discretionary class-based and harm-based provision, meaning, it contains both class and harm based exemptions. Section 18 of FOIP refers to the Government of Saskatchewan as a whole. It recognizes that government institutions, individually or collectively, may hold significant amounts of financial and economic information that is critical to the management of the provincial economy.608 The Government of Saskatchewan is responsible for managing many aspects of the province’s economic activities in the interests of the people of Saskatchewan, by ensuring that an appropriate economic infrastructure is in place and by facilitating and regulating the activities of the marketplace.609 The heading of the provision is “Economic and other interests”. The meaning of economic interests can be defined as follows: Economic interests refers to both the broad interests of a government institution and, for the government as a whole, in managing the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. This also covers financial matters such as the management of assets and liabilities by a government institution and the government institution’s ability to protect its own or the government’s interests in financial transactions.610 608 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4 at p. 188. 609 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy and Procedures Manual at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/disclosure-harmful-economic-interests. Accessed July 17, 2019. 610 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4 at p. 188. Similar definition in British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy and Procedures Manual at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/disclosure-harmful-economic-interests. Accessed July 17, 2019.
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