Law360 Canada ( May 12, 2022, 6:04 AM EDT) -- Appeal by the Attorney General for Ontario (AGO) from the Divisional Court’s dismissal of the AGO’s application for judicial review of a decision by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). A journalist with the CBC requested access to the 23 letters sent by the newly elected Premier, Ford, to Ontario’s Cabinet ministers who, together with him, comprised the Executive Committee, commonly known as the Cabinet. The Cabinet Office refused the CBC’s request. The CBC appealed the refusal to the IPC. Mediation did not resolve the issues, so the parties proceeded to the adjudication stage. The Cabinet Office opposed disclosure of the letters based on the Cabinet privilege exemption under s. 12(1) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). The IPC held that s. 12(1) of the FIPPA did not apply to the records at issue and ordered the disclosure of the letters to the CBC. The Divisional Court found the IPC’s decision to be reasonable and dismissed the AGO’s application for judicial review of the IPC order....