Amy M. Crosbie

The applicant sought judicial review of two decisions by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board to release internal correspondence containing the names and contact information of its employees, arguing this was exempt personal and confidential information.

The Federal Court found that while the names were personal information, the respondent reasonably exercised its discretion to disclose them because they were publicly available on LinkedIn.

The applicant failed to establish that the records contained confidential commercial information or were protected by statutory privilege under the Accord Act.

The applications were dismissed.

Suncor Energy Inc. applied for judicial review of decisions by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board to disclose certain records in response to access to information requests.

Suncor argued that the records contained personal information of its employees and confidential commercial information exempt from disclosure under the Access to Information Act.

The Federal Court found that the employees' names and contact information were publicly available, and therefore the Board reasonably exercised its discretion to disclose them.

Suncor also failed to provide sufficient evidence that the geographical survey data was confidential or that its disclosure would interfere with ongoing litigation negotiations.

The applications for judicial review were dismissed with costs.