Can a third party obtain confidential information from a public body without the consent of the government?
Prince Edward Island, Canada
The following excerpt is from Prince Edward Island (Health) (Re), 2015 CanLII 66640 (PE IPC):
In Halifax Herald v. Nova Scotia (Workers’ Compensation Board) the court agreed with Kelly J. in Atlantic Highways noting that where information sought is so intermingled with government input, standards and proposals it clouds anyone’s ability to determine, as distinct and severable, any confidential information supplied by the third party. [20]
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