The complainant alleged that the Privy Council Office (PCO) had improperly withheld names of the employees within the Prime Minister’s Office under subsection 19(1) (personal information) of the Access to Information Act in response to an access request for records related to the Minister of Revenue’s announcement regarding audits of registered charities for political activities. The Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) concluded that the withheld information was personal information, therefore meeting the requirements of the exemption. The OIC was also satisfied that the circumstances set out in subsection 19(2) did not exist. The complaint is not well founded.

Institution
Privy Council Office
Section of the Act
19
Decision Type
Final report
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