The applicant, a former border services officer, requested access to surveillance videos of his workplace during a shift where an altercation occurred.
The Canada Border Services Agency disclosed videos showing the applicant but redacted the faces of members of the public and other border officers, claiming the latter's images were personal information exempt from disclosure under subsection 19(1) of the Access to Information Act.
On judicial review, the Federal Court applied a correctness standard and found the Agency erred.
Applying the Supreme Court's jurisprudence in Dagg and Canada v. Canada, the Court concluded that images of federal employees in uniform and on duty fall within the exception in paragraph 3(j) of the Privacy Act (information relating to an employee's position or functions) and are thus not "personal information" protected from disclosure.
The Court ordered the unredacted videos disclosed.
