The complainant alleged that the National Capital Commission (NCC) had improperly withheld information under paragraph 16(2)(c) (facilitating the commission of an offence), subsection 18(d) (negotiations by government institutions) and subsection 19(1) (personal information) of the Access to Information Act in response to an access request for records discussing specific renovation projects at Rideau Hall. The complaint falls within paragraph 30(1)(a) of the Act.

The application of paragraph 16(2)(c) and subsection 18(d) to withhold the records at issue was removed from the scope of the complaint.

During the investigation, the NCC decided to disclose information on four pages that it had withheld under subsection 19(1).

For the remaining information, the NCC could not show that the name, title and contact information of an NCC employee met all the requirements of subsection 19(1). In addition, the NCC did not reasonably exercise its discretion to decide whether to disclose publicly available personal information.

The Information Commissioner ordered the NCC to disclose the information at issue and to exercise its discretion to disclose publicly available personal information.

The NCC gave notice to the Commissioner that it would implement the order.

The complaint is well founded.