Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 130 1. Does the record contain a plan(s)? A plan is a formulated and especially detailed method by which a thing is to be done; a design or scheme.466 A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something; an intention or decision about what one is going to do.467 2. Does the plan(s) relate to: i) The management of personnel? Management of personnel refers to all aspects of the management of human resources of a local authority that relate to the duties and responsibilities of employees. This includes staffing requirements, job classification, recruitment and selection, employee salary and benefits, hours, and conditions of work, leave management, performance review, training, separation and layoff. It also includes the management of personal service contracts (i.e., contracts of service) but not the management of consultant, professional or other independent contractor contracts (i.e., contracts for service).468 ii) The administration of the local authority? Administration of a local authority comprises all aspects of a local authority’s internal management, other than personnel management, that are necessary to support the delivery of programs and services. Administration includes business planning, financial operations, and contract, property, information and risk management.469 Relate to should be given a plain but expansive meaning.470 The phrase should be read in its grammatical and ordinary sense. There is no need to incorporate complex requirements (such as “substantial connection”) for its application, which would be inconsistent with the plain 466 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. 467 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Edition at p. 1092 (Oxford University Press). 468 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4, p. 181. 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. 469 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4, p. 181. 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. 470 Gertner v. Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company, 2011 ONSC 6121 (CanLII) at [32].
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