Is the Record Confidential?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kattenburg v. Manitoba (Industry, Trade and Tourism), 1999 CanLII 14520 (MB QB):
If the court finds that the record falls within an exemption to disclosure, that ends the matter regardless of whether the language of the section is mandatory or discretionary, so long as the discretion exercised by the government official is exercised in a reasonable manner (s. 73(2)). (See Marchand v. Manitoba, supra, p. 307, per Oliphant, A.C.J.Q.B.) 3.0 DECISION 3.1 Is the Record Confidential?
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