John Goudy

The applicant brought a motion to have her name redacted from a previously issued Condominium Authority Tribunal decision, citing concerns about privacy, potential abuse, and a lack of accommodation during the hearing.

The respondent condominium corporation opposed the motion.

The Tribunal dismissed the motion, applying the open court principle and finding that the applicant failed to provide evidence demonstrating that anonymization was necessary to protect important interests, such as a reasonable apprehension of violence.

The applicant, a condominium unit owner, applied to the Condominium Authority Tribunal for unredacted copies of the AGM sign-in sheet, ballots, and proxies.

The respondent condominium corporation agreed to provide the records but maintained it was required by the Condominium Act, 1998 to redact information identifying other owners or units.

The Tribunal held that the corporation did not have discretion to provide unredacted records and directed the corporation to provide the redacted records upon payment of a reasonable production fee of $102.15.

No costs or penalties were awarded.