Can someone receive information about another persons Metis settlement application?
• No. This would generally be an unreasonable invasion of personal privacy under section 17(1) of the FOIP Act without the individual’s consent. However, the Act allows for some considerations when determining whether disclosure is an unreasonable invasion of personal privacy. One of the considerations would be whether disclosure would be desirable to subject the activities of the settlement to public scrutiny (section 17(5)(a)).
