The complainant alleged that Health Canada had improperly withheld information under subsection 19(1) (personal information) and paragraph 20(1)(c) (financial impact on a third party) of the Access to Information Act in response to an access request. The request was for documents relating to the impact of campfires on air quality. The allegation falls under paragraph 30(1)(a) of the Act.

Health Canada withheld the names of third parties and short texts about them under paragraph 20(1)(c). The third parties did not demonstrate that general and innocuous information met the requirements of paragraph 20(1)(c). Health Canada agreed to disclose the information following an order issued by the Information Commissioner.

The Information Commissioner ordered that Health Canada disclose specific information at issue.

Health Canada gave notice that it would disclose specific pages in accordance with the order.

The complaint is well founded.