Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2026-022 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

August 19, 2026

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2026-022 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.

To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/reports/.

Report: A-2026-022
Report Date: August 18, 2026
Public Body: NL Hydro
Summary: The Complainant filed two similar requests for monthly volume and sales information from Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited. NL Hydro denied access, relying on sections 35(1)(d) and 35(1)(g) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The Commissioner found that the Public Body did not meet its burden in establishing that section 35 applied and recommended that it disclose the information.

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