Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 125 2. Or does the record contain considerations that relate to those negotiations? The requirements for each part of the test are broken down below. 1. Does the record contain positions, plans, procedures, criteria, or instructions? A position is a point of view or attitude.442 An opinion; stand; a way of regarding situations or topics; an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute.443 A plan is a formulated and especially detailed method by which a thing is to be done; a design or scheme.444 A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something; an intention or decision about what one is going to do.445 A procedure is an established or official way of doing something; a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner.446 Criteria are standards, rules, or tests on which a judgement or decision can be based or compared; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.447 Instructions are directions or orders.448 a. Developed for the purpose of contractual or other negotiations Developed means to start to exist, experience or possess.449 442 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Edition at p. 1116 (Oxford University Press). 443 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Access to Information Manual, Chapter 11.18.5. Available at https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/access-information-privacy/accessinformation/access-information-manual.html#cha11_18. Accessed July 9, 2019. 444 Definition originated from ON IPC Order P-229 at p. 10, which drew the definition from the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Adopted in SK OIPC Review Report LA-2011-001 at [78]. Same definition used by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Access to Information Manual, Chapter 11.18.5. Available at https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/access-information-privacy/accessinformation/access-information-manual.html#cha11_18. Accessed July 9, 2019. 445 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Edition at p. 1092 (Oxford University Press). 446 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Edition at p. 1139 (Oxford University Press). 447 Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 473. 448 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Edition at p. 734 (Oxford University Press). 449 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Edition at p. 391 (Oxford University Press).
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