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APPENDIX: S. 12(1) AND THE WILLIAMS REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
Freedom of Information and
Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O.
Text of the Williams Report
1990, c. F.31, s. 12(1)
Cabinet records
1. We recommend that the proposed
freedom of information law contain an
12(1) A head shall refuse to disclose a exemption for documents whose
record where the disclosure would
reveal the substance of deliberations
of the Executive Council or its
committees, including,
disclosure would reveal the substance
of Cabinet deliberations and, in
particular, that the following kinds of
Cabinet documents be the subject of
this exemption:
(a) an agenda, minute or other record a. agenda, minutes or other records of
of the deliberations or decisions of the the deliberations or decisions of
Executive Council or its committees;
Cabinet or its committees;
(b) a record containing policy options
or recommendations submitted, or
prepared for submission, to the
Executive Council or its committees;
(c) a record that does not contain
policy options or recommendations
b. records containing proposals or
recommendations submitted, or
prepared for submission, by a Cabinet
minister to Cabinet;
c. records containing background
explanations, analyses of problems or
referred to in clause (b) and that does policy options submitted or prepared
contain background explanations or
analyses of problems submitted, or
prepared for submission, to the
Executive Council or its committees
for their consideration in making
decisions, before those decisions are
made and implemented;
for submission by a Cabinet minister
to Cabinet for consideration by
Cabinet in making decisions, before
such decisions are made;
(d) a record used for or reflecting
consultation among ministers of the
Crown on matters relating to the
making of government decisions or
the formulation of government policy;
d. records used for or reflecting
consultation among ministers of the
Crown on matters relating to the
making of government decisions or
the formulation of government policy;