Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Saskatchewan)
{{Short description|Saskatchewan, Canada statute}}
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| short_title = Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
| legislature = Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
| long_title = An Act respecting a right of access to documents of the Government of Saskatchewan and a right of privacy with respect to personal information held by the Government of Saskatchewan
| citation = SS 1990-91, c F-22.01
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| status = current
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The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) is an act of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the Canadian province of Manitoba that is both an access-to-information statute and an information-privacy statute.
Provisions
Local authorities, including municipal governments, universities, and school boards, are not included under the legislation, but are covered by the Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.{{Cite news |last=Ahluwalia |first=Harjaap |date=2024-09-10 |title=Saskatchewan Privacy Commissioner finds police officers improperly accessed investigation files |url=https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/saskatchewan-privacy-commissioner-finds-police-officers-improperly-accessed-investigation-files/# |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117120745/https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/09/saskatchewan-privacy-commissioner-finds-police-officers-improperly-accessed-investigation-files/ |archive-date=2024-11-17 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=Jurist News}}{{Cite news |last=Kurz |first=Larissa |date=2024-05-10 |title='Completely inadequate': What's wrong with Saskatchewan's freedom of information laws? |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/whats-wrong-with-saskatchewans-freedom-of-information-laws |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513075353/https://leaderpost.com/news/whats-wrong-with-saskatchewans-freedom-of-information-laws |archive-date=2024-05-13 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=Regina Leader-Post}} Health bodies fall under the Health Information Privacy Act.
The legislation covers activity relating to trade missions overseas.{{Cite news |last=Postey |first=Drew |date=2025-02-07 |title=Sask. privacy commissioner says province wrong to withhold requested information from Germany trade mission |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/sask-privacy-commissioner-says-province-wrong-to-withhold-requested-information-from-germany-trade-mission/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214132512/https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/sask-privacy-commissioner-says-province-wrong-to-withhold-requested-information-from-germany-trade-mission/ |archive-date=2025-02-14 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=CTV News}}
Statistics relating to letters from members of the public are included in the legislation.{{Cite news |last=Kurz |first=Larissa |date=2024-01-10 |title=Sask. education minister received 75 letters in immediate wake of pronoun policy |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/sask-politics/sask-minister-of-education-received-75-letters-in-immediate-wake-of-pronoun-policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111153934/https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/sask-politics/sask-minister-of-education-received-75-letters-in-immediate-wake-of-pronoun-policy |archive-date=2024-01-11 |access-date=2025-04-22}}
Implementation
At least one US resident has been able to make a successful request under the legislation.{{Cite news |last=Bridges |first=Alicia |date=2018-09-09 |title=Tale of two Corvettes: Florida man wins case against SGI in claim over twin Chevys |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/chevrolet-corvette-saskatchewan-sgi-court-case-antique-car-duplicates-1.4816585 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706175303/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/chevrolet-corvette-saskatchewan-sgi-court-case-antique-car-duplicates-1.4816585 |archive-date=2024-07-06 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=CBC News}} There has been at least one occasion where the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly has filed a request and the deadline for the government providing a response has lapsed.{{Cite news |last=Perez |first=Jon |date=2024-09-21 |title=NDP presses Sask. Party government over failure to release AIMS costs |url=https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/local-news/ndp-presses-sask-party-government-over-failure-to-release-aims-costs-9553428 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921153533/https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/local-news/ndp-presses-sask-party-government-over-failure-to-release-aims-costs-9553428 |archive-date=2024-09-21 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=Sask Today}}
Criticism
See also
References
External links
- [https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/fippa/index.html Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act]
- [http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/f175e.php Text of the Act]
Freedom of Information and_Protection_of_Privacy_Act
Manitoba, Freedom_of_Information_and_Protection_of_Privacy_Act
Saskatchewan, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act