Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Jamal, Mahmud; O’Bonsawin, Michelle |
| Docket Number | 40078 |
| Date | 02 February 2024 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Citation | 2024 SCC 4 |
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12 practice notes
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Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner),
...Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Canadian Association of Journalists and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Interveners 2024 SCC 4 Present: Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe, Martin, Jamal and O'Bonsawin JJ. DOCKET: 40078 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Access to information — Ex......
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Westjet v. Lareau,
...should not be seen as a departure from the principle: see Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4, Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment), 2023 SCC 31 and Mas......
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Governors of the University of Calgary v Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner,
...case closely resemble those addressed by the Supreme Court in Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 (“ Mandate 29 First, the structure of FOIPPA itself may point to a higher standard of review. In Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissione......
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Canada (Public Services and Procurement) v. Canada (Information Commissioner), 2024 FC 918
...to other Acts, S.C. 2019, c. 18, section 2. [42] In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4, a case about the Ontario access to information statute, the Supreme Court stated at paragraph Access to information promotes transparency, accountabi......
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6 cases
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Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner),
...Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Canadian Association of Journalists and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Interveners 2024 SCC 4 Present: Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe, Martin, Jamal and O'Bonsawin JJ. DOCKET: 40078 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Access to information — Ex......
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Westjet v. Lareau,
...should not be seen as a departure from the principle: see Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4, Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment), 2023 SCC 31 and Mas......
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Canada (Public Services and Procurement) v. Canada (Information Commissioner), 2024 FC 918
...to other Acts, S.C. 2019, c. 18, section 2. [42] In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4, a case about the Ontario access to information statute, the Supreme Court stated at paragraph Access to information promotes transparency, accountabi......
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TransAlta Corporation v Alberta (Environment and Parks),
...the Court not release this judgment pending the release of Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 [ Ontario (AG)] on February 2, 2024, and the parties' opportunity to file supplemental submissions respecting cabinet confidentiality and this p......
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5 firm's commentaries
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Supreme Court Finds Premier's Cabinet Mandate Letters Exempt Under Freedom Of Information Laws
...Cabinet shield records from public disclosure? In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that the exemption for Cabinet records under Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act applied......
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The Ultimate Balancing Act: Right To Information Vs Need For Confidentiality
...of 2024 has brought the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4, which set aside the decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario ("IPC"), a decision which had been affirmed by both the D......
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Supreme Court Finds The Premier's Mandate Letters Exempt From Disclosure
...sanctity of Cabinet secrecy. Background At issue in Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 (IPC) was a request by the CBC for disclosure of mandate letters prepared by the Premier of Ontario on taking office in 2018. The letters identified t......
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Cabinet Mandate Letters Protected From Disclosure (Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information And Privacy Commissioner))
...in a zone of privilege, privacy and confidentiality. In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 (CanLII), the Supreme Court of Canada agreed that mandate letters delivered by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to each of his ministers shortly after hi......
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