Third party information
s17.--(1) A
head shall refuse to disclose a record that
reveals a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour
relations information, supplied in confidence implicitly or explicitly, where
the disclosure could reasonably be expected to,
(a) prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere
significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of
persons, or organization;
(b) result in similar information no longer being supplied to the
institution where it is in the public interest that similar information continue
to be so supplied;
(c) result in undue loss or gain to any person, group, committee or
financial institution or agency; or
(d) reveal information supplied to or the report of a conciliation officer,
mediator, labour relations officer or other person appointed to resolve a labour
relations dispute.
Tax information
(2) A head shall refuse to disclose a record that reveals information that
was obtained on a tax return or gathered for the purpose of determining tax
liability or collecting a tax.
Consent to disclosure
(3) A head may disclose a record described in subsection (1) or (2) if the
person to whom the information relates consents to the disclosure. R.S.O. 1990,
c. F.31, s. 17.
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