Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 239 Subsection 19(1)(f) of FOIP is a mandatory class-based exemption. It permits refusal of access in situations where a record contains information supplied by a third party to support an application for financial assistance mentioned in clause (e). FOIP contains a unique exemption for applications for financial assistance from a prescribed Crown corporation to a third party.814 Only the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, S.N.W.T. 1994, c-20, have a similarly worded provision. The following two-part test can be applied: 1. Was the information to support an application for financial assistance? The provision is intended to protect information that a third party provides to a Crown corporation, which supports its application for financial assistance. Support means to corroborate.815 Application means a formal request to an authority.816 Financial assistance means any economic benefit, such as a scholarship or stipend, given by one person or entity to another.817 2. Was the information supplied by a third party? Supplied means provided or furnished.818 Information may qualify as “supplied” if it was directly supplied to a government institution by a third party, or where its disclosure would reveal or permit the drawing of accurate inferences with respect to information supplied by a third party.819 Information gathered by government inspectors via their own observations does not qualify as information “supplied” to the government institution. Judgements or conclusions 814 McNairn, C., Woodbury, C., 2009, Government Information: Access and Privacy, Carswell: Toronto, p. 4-17. 815 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 1440. 816 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Ed., (Oxford University Press) at p. 64. 817 Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 774. 818 British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy Definitions at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/policy-definitions#supplied. Accessed August 21, 2019. 819 SK OIPC Review Reports F-2005-003 at [17], F-2006-002 at [40].
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