The complainant alleged that Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) had improperly withheld information under subsection 19(1) (personal information), paragraph 20(1)(b) (confidential third-party financial, commercial, scientific or technical information), 20(1)(c) (financial impact on a third party) and 20(1)(d) (negotiations by a third party) of the Access to Information Act. This was in response to an access request for an Aviation Occurrence Reporting Form and photographs related to an incident involving an Air Inuit aircraft.  The complaint falls within paragraph 30(1)(a) of the Act.

The application of subsection 19(1) was removed from the scope of the complaint.

TSB could not show that it met all the requirements of these exemptions.  Concerning paragraphs 20(1)(b), neither TSB nor the third party to whom the information relates, provided evidence or representation demonstrating that the information was confidential commercial information. No representations were provided to support the application of paragraphs 20(1)(c) and 20(1)(d).

The Information Commissioner ordered TSB to disclose all information at issue. TSB gave notice to the Commissioner that it would implement the order.

The complaint is well founded.