Minutes of the Official Community Plan Review Advisory Committee meeting
Minutes from the June 2, 2025 committee meeting regarding the OCP Phase 1 update and provincial housing legislation compliance.
(2) A part of a council meeting must be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to one or more of the following: a) a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, if the council is designated as head of the local public body for the purposes of that Act in relation to the matter; b) the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party; c) a matter that is being investigated under the Ombudsperson Act of which the municipality has been notified under section 14 [Ombudsperson to notify authority] of that Act; d) a matter that, under another enactment, is such that the public must be excluded from the meeting. e) [Repealed 2022-15-2.]
(3) If the only subject matter being considered at a council meeting is one or more matters referred to in subsection (1) or (2), the applicable subsection applies to the entire meeting.
Relevant Legislation - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Disclosure harmful to interests of an Indigenous people
18.1 (1) The head of a public body must refuse to disclose information if the disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the rights of an Indigenous people to maintain, control, protect or develop any of the following with respect to the Indigenous people: a) cultural heritage; b) traditional knowledge; c) traditional cultural expressions; d) manifestations of sciences, technologies or cultures.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the Indigenous people has consented in writing to the disclosure.