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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW o Y AR ;cCTn> R B o LI W o A L KIN CoD S Information Law: Cases and Materials A A L CD R O B co Volume One Professor Lisa M. Austin Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Winter 2008 Storage e materials are reproduced solely for the use of students in the Faculty of Law, KE University of Toronto 4422 2007-2008 .A7A87 2008 v. 1 c. 1 faculty of law ' MVHRS1TY OF TORONTO Information Law: Cases and Materials Volume One Professor Lisa M. Austin Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Winter 2008 These materials are reproduced solely for the use of students in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto 2007-2008 Information Law: Cases and Materials Volume One Table of Contents 1. Introduction Stephen Sedley. “Information as a Human Right”.3 Alasdair Roberts, “The Glass Case”.10 Legislation on Public Access to Records (1977 Green Paper).21 2. The Statutory Context: The Federal Access to Information Act A. Threshold Question: Records under Control of Government Institutions Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.A-1.26 Canada Post Corp. v. Canada (Minister of Public Works) (C.A.), [1995] 2 F.C. 110.28 Canada (Attorney General) v. Canada (Information Commissioner), [2004] F.C.J. No. 524...'.31 Khan report blocked, despite Tory promise on secrecy.46 Proposals of the Information Commissioner to amend thq Access to Information Act.48 Strengthening the Access to Information Act: A Discussion of Ideas Intrinsic to the Reform of the Access to Information Act (Government of Canada, 2006)... 50 A Comprehensive Framework for Access to Information Reform: A Discussion Paper (Department of Justice Canada, April 2005). 53 Access to Information: Making it Work for Canadians: Report of the Access to Information Review Task Force (2002). 55 B. Exclusions: Cabinet Secrets Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.A-1.56 Babcock v. Canada (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 57.58 Canada (Information Commissioner) v. Canada (Minister of the Environment) 2003 FCA 68.69 Proposals of the Information Commissioner to amend the Access to Information Act.74 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, C.-F.31 .. 75 Strengthening the Access to Information Act: A Discussion of Ideas Intrinsic to the Reform of the Access to Information Act (Government of Canada, 2006)... 76 A Comprehensive Framework for Access to Information Reform: A Discussion Paper (Department of Justice Canada, April 2005). 78 Access to Information: Making it Work for Canadians: Report of the Access to Information Review Task Force (2002). 81 C. Exemptions Overview of Exemptions.84 Canada (Information Commissioner) v. Canada (Prime Minister) (T.D.) [1993] 1 F.C. 427.’. 85 Strengthening the Access to Information Act: A Discussion of Ideas Intrinsic to the Reform of the Access to Information Act (Government of Canada, 2006)... 99 A Comprehensive Framework for Access to Information Reform: A Discussion Paper (Department of Justice Canada, April 2005). 114 Access to Information: Making it Work for Canadians: Report of the Access to Information Review Task Force (2002). 126 D. Delay and Political Influences 1. The Amber Light Process Alasdair Roberts, “Spin Control and Freedom of Information: Lessons for the United Kingdom from Canada”. 130 2. Judicial Review of Discretion Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817 .147 3. The Charter Context: s.2(b) A. Open Courts and Publication Bans: Reconciling Competing Rights Edmonton Journal v. Alberta (Attorney General), [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1326. 1 55 Dagenais v. Canadian Broadcasting Corp., [1994] 3 S.C.R. 835 . 174 R. v. Mentuck, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 442?.186 Notes. 197 (a) Vancouver Sun (Re), 2004 SCC 43.197 (b) Electronic Access to Court Records.198 B. Access to Information Criminal Lawyers' Assn. v. Ontario (Ministry of Public Safety and Security), (2007) 280 D.L.R. (4th) 193. 200