An institution submitted an application seeking the Information Commissioner’s approval to decline to act on an access request under subsection 6.1(1) of the Access to Information Act. In the institution’s opinion, the request is both an abuse of the right to make a request and vexatious. The institution further claims that it met its duty to assist the requester prior to seeking approval to decline to act.

The Commissioner finds that the institution showed that it fulfilled its duty to assist the requester prior to seeking approval to decline to act. The institution, however, did not establish that the access request is either an abuse of the right to make a request or vexatious.

The application is not granted.