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Economic and other interests

11. A head may refuse to disclose a record that contains,

(a) trade secrets or financial, commercial, scientific or technical information that belongs to an institution and has monetary value or potential monetary value;

(b) information obtained through research by an employee of an institution if the disclosure could reasonably be expected to deprive the employee of priority of publication;

(c) information whose disclosure could reasonably be expected to prejudice the economic interests of an institution or the competitive position of an institution;

(d) information whose disclosure could reasonably be expected to be injurious to the financial interests of an institution;

(e) positions, plans, procedures, criteria or instructions to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of an institution;

(f) plans relating to the management of personnel or the administration of an institution that have not yet been put into operation or made public;

(g) information including the proposed plans, policies or projects of an institution if the disclosure could reasonably be expected to result in premature disclosure of a pending policy decision or undue financial benefit or loss to a person;

(h) questions that are to be used in an examination or test for an educational purpose;

(i) submissions under the Municipal Boundary Negotiations Act, by a party municipality or other body before the matter to which the submissions relate is resolved under that Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.56, s. 11.


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