Can a municipality disclose to a landowner who has received a weed clean-up notice the name of the complainant and whether the complainant has also received a weed clean-up notice?
• The municipality would need to weigh several factors, including whether the name of the complainant would harm a law enforcement matter, (section 20(1)(d) of the FOIP Act) or would be an unreasonable invasion of the privacy of the complainant (section 17(1) of the FOIP Act). • The Information and Privacy Commissioner, in Order 96-010, upheld Alberta Municipal Affairs’ decision not to disclose the name of a person who expressed a concern about another individual’s ability to drive. In this case, the confidentiality of the informant prevailed over the right of the individual’s right to know the informant’s identity. • The municipality could indicate that normal practice would be to issue a notice if a land owner was in violation of a weed control bylaw.
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