An institution submitted an application seeking the Information Commissioner’s approval to decline to act on 72 access requests under subsection 6.1(1) of the Access to Information Act. According to the institution, the access requests are an abuse of the right to make a request and are vexatious.

The Commissioner concludes that the institution has demonstrated that all of the access requests, except one, constitute an abuse of the right to make a request. In addition, she concludes that the circumstances warranted she provides her approval to the institution to decline to act on these access requests.

The application is partially granted.