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  • When is Purchase Agreement Information Exempt as Third Party Information?

    When is Purchase Agreement Information Exempt as Third Party Information?

    Today’s article should be of interest to anyone who applies the mandatory third party exemption in section 17(1) of FIPPA (or its equivalent in section 10(1) of MFIPPA) to purchase agreements, service agreements, and supporting documents such as the records of discussions surrounding decisions to purchase products and/or services. The Divisional Court of Ontario recently…

  • Public Employees’ Right of Privacy

    Public Employees’ Right of Privacy

    Just in time for some “light summer reading”, on June 21, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued an interesting decision that may have implications for how institutions conduct searches in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.

  • Farewell to AMCTO 2022 Niagara Falls

    Farewell to AMCTO 2022 Niagara Falls

    The 2022 AMCTO Municipal Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario is over. I’m pleased to share that the conference was a huge success for FOI Assist! I met with many municipal representatives, and I was surprised (and pleased!) to learn that most had never heard of the FOI Assist software. There were many requests for “full…

  • Hello from AMCTO 2022

    Hello from AMCTO 2022

    Good morning everyone! I’m here at the AMCTO 2022 Municipal Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It feels great to be back at a “real life” event and meeting people in person. There’s been a great crowd, and many municipal employees have been coming by the FOI Assist booth to see and hear about the FOI…

  • AMCTO Municipal Monitor (Q2 2022)

    AMCTO Municipal Monitor (Q2 2022)

    The newest issue of the AMCTO Municipal Monitor just came out this week. It includes a very flattering promotional article about the FOI Assist software with testimonials from some of FOI Assist’s terrific municipal clients.