Actually the IPC has been around since the late 80s. And the IPC does ensure information is provided, they also make orders that direct government to respond to requests and release information after requests have been denied.
The Act the requests you are looking for are covered under is the
Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, at this link, not the one provided earlier in the topic:
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/S...sh/90m56_e.htm
The one raingirl posted covers the Provincial government, not the City of Toronto or the Dept of Public Health.
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Originally Posted by raingirl
No. The IPC doesn't make sure information is provided. They make sure that information that is private doesn't get released. Sorta the opposite.
The IPC is the place you go if you...say you signed a release to have the last 2 years of your medical records sent to a lawyer. If the doctor released 5 years instead of 2, you could appeal to the IPC and have them apply the provisions in the act and penalize the doctor.
before the IPC was around (they have only existed since Jan 2004) you had no one in the government to turn to if your privacy was violated. now you can complain to the IPC and the investigate and lay charges in cases of privacy violation.
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