Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 40 Public in this context means the information in the record is open to view by the public.136 Released to the public means made available to the public at large either through active dissemination channels or through provision of the information at specific locations (e.g., public libraries, posted on a website).137 Consultation with the other party or parties from which the information was obtained should take place to determine if either consent will be given or if the information has or will be made public.138 Subsection 13(2) Records from other governments 13(2) A head may refuse to give access to information contained in a record that was obtained in confidence, implicitly or explicitly, from another local authority or a similar body in another province or territory of Canada. Subsection 13(2) of LA FOIP is a discretionary class-based exemption. The provision mandates refusal of access to information in a record where the information was obtained in confidence, implicitly or explicitly from another local authority or a similar body in another province or territory of Canada. The following two-part test can be applied: 1. Was the information obtained from a local authority or a similar body in another province or territory of Canada? For assistance the definition of a “local authority” is found in subsection 2(1)(f) of LA FOIP. Information means facts or knowledge provided or learned as a result of research or study.139 136 Adapted from Garner, Bryan A., 2004. Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 1301, relied on in part in Germain v. Automobile Injury Appeal Commission, 2009 SKQB 106 (CanLII) at [69] and [72], cited in part in Investigation Report LA-2012-001 at [14] to [17]. 137 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4, p. 208. 138 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4, p. 164. 139 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Edition at p. 727, (Oxford University Press), Cited in SK OIPC Review Report F-2006-002 at [45].
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