Common use of ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PRIVACY Clause in Contracts

ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PRIVACY. 16.01 The Métis Government and Canada may enter into agreements to address the collection, protection, retention, use, disclosure, and confidentiality of personal, general, or other information. 16.02 For the purposes of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, information that the Métis Government provides to Canada in confidence will be deemed to be information received or obtained by Canada in confidence from a provincial government. 16.03 Canada may provide information to the Métis Government in confidence if the Métis Government has enacted a Métis Government Law or has entered into an agreement with Canada as contemplated in section 16.01, in accordance with which the confidentiality of the information will be protected. 16.04 Canada is not required to disclose to the Métis Government information that is confidentially disclosed to another government. 16.05 Subject to section 16.04, where the Métis Government requests disclosure of information from Canada, that request will be evaluated as if it were a request by a provincial government. 16.06 Subject to section 16.05, Canada is not required to disclose any information to the Métis Government that Canada is required to withhold pursuant to any Federal Law or provincial law. 16.07 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, where a Federal Law allows the disclosure of certain information only if specified conditions for disclosure are satisfied, Canada is not required to disclose that information to the Métis Government unless those conditions are satisfied. 16.08 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Parties are not required by this Agreement to disclose any information that may be withheld under a privilege at law or, in the case of Canada, in accordance with sections 37 to 39 inclusive of the Canada Evidence Act.