Cabinet records
s12.--(1) A
head shall refuse to disclose a record where
the disclosure would reveal the substance of deliberations of the Executive
Council or its committees, including,
(a) an agenda, minute or other record of the deliberations or decisions of
the Executive Council or its committees;
(b) a record containing policy options or recommendations submitted, or
prepared for submission, to the Executive Council or its committees;
(c) a record that does not contain policy options or recommendations
referred to in clause (b) and that does contain background explanations or
analyses of problems submitted, or prepared for submission, to the Executive
Council or its committees for their consideration in making decisions,
before those decisions are made and implemented;
(d) a record used for or reflecting consultation among ministers of the
Crown on matters relating to the making of government decisions or the
formulation of government policy;
(e) a record prepared to brief a minister of the Crown in relation to
matters that are before or are proposed to be brought before the Executive
Council or its committees, or are the subject of consultations among ministers
relating to government decisions or the formulation of government policy; and
(f) draft legislation or regulations.
Exception
(2) Despite subsection (1), a head shall not refuse under subsection (1)
to
disclose a record where,
(a) the record is more than twenty years old; or
(b) the Executive Council for which, or in respect of which, the record has
been prepared consents to access being given. R.S.O. 1990, c. F.31, s. 12.
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