Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 197 Benefit means a favourable or helpful factor or circumstance; advantage, profit.702 Loss means an undesirable outcome of a risk; the disappearance or diminution of value, usually in an unexpected or relatively unpredictable way.703 Person includes an individual, corporation or the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives of a person.704 Examples can include: • The disclosure of confidential information about the government’s intention to buy certain property might result in third parties buying the property in anticipation of profits from the government’s acquisition. • Premature disclosure of information about a change in revenue sources, such as taxes, duties or tariff rates, could result in undue benefit to a third party. • Disclosure of the specifications of special testing equipment or software developed by a government institution that have been kept secret or confidential could reasonably be expected to result in improper benefit.705 A government institution cannot rely on subsection 18(1)(h) of FOIP for a record that fits within the enumerated exclusions listed at subsection 18(2) of FOIP. Before applying subsection 18(1) of FOIP, government institutions should ensure that subsection 18(2) of FOIP does not apply to any of the records. 702 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy Definitions at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/policy-definitions. Accessed April 23, 2020. 703 Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 1132. 704 The Legislation Act, S.S. 2019, Chapter L-10.2 at ss. 2-29. 705 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Access to Information Manual, Chapter 11.11.4. Available at https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/access-information-privacy/accessinformation/access-information-manual.html#cha11_11. Accessed July 19, 2019.
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