Access to Information Review Task Force - Research - THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF EXEMPTING PROVISIONS AND THE USE OF THE CONCEPT OF A PUBLIC INTEREST OVERRIDE

CHART 4

COMPARISON WITH PROVINCES MANDATORY EXEMPTIONS

Canada Mandatory	Exemption	Alberta	British Columbia	Manitoba	Ontario	Québec
13 (1)	Other government information	20(1)(b)- discretionary	16(1)(b)- discretionary	2 - mandatory	15(b) - discretionary	18 - discretionary 28 (7) - mandatory
16 (3)	Provincial policing	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
19 (1)	Personal information	16 - mandatory	22 - mandatory	17 - mandatory	21 - mandatory	Dealt with separately
20	Third-party commercial information	15 - mandatory	21 - mandatory	18 - mandatory	17 - mandatory	23 & 24 -mandatory
24	Statute based	N/A	N/A	N/A	67(2)- mandatory	170 - mandatory
N/A	Third-party privilege	26 - mandatory	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
69⁽¹⁾	Cabinet confidences	21 - mandatory 22 - (local) - discretion	12(1) - mandatory 12(3) - (local) - discretion	19 - mandatory 22 - (local) - discretion	12 - mandatory	33 - mandatory

1. The Federal Act does not apply to Cabinet confidences. The provinces treat Cabinet confidences as an exemption