PRACTICE |
Affidavits |
Blank v. Canada (Minister of Justice)
T-1013-04, T-1014-04, T-1015-04, T-1016-04
2005 FC 280, Kelen J.
23/2/05
9 pp.
Motion by respondent to file confidential affidavits in respect of applications for judicial review of access to information requests--Motion allowed--Respondent allowed to have documents pertaining to communications between it, Information Commissioner in course of latter's investigation filed confidentially as (1) Access to Information Act creating presumption representations made to Information Commissio-ner to be kept confidential; (2) respondent using material as shield, not sword, i.e. seeking to file confidential information to defend itself--General identifying information properly severed, disclosed in accordance with Blank v. Canada (Minister of Justice), [2005] 1 F.C.R. 403 (F.C.A.)--Access to Information Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. A-1.