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SCC File No.: 36460 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF ALBERTA) B E T W E E N: THE INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER OF ALBERTA APPELLANT - and – THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY RESPONDENT -and- INFORMATION COMMISSIONER OF CANADA, THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER OF CANADA, MANITOBA OMBUDSMAN, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER, NOVA SCOTIA INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER [REVIEW OFFICER], NUNAVUT INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER, SASKATCHEWAN INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER, YUKON OMBUDSMAN AND INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER, CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, FEDERATION OF LAW SOCIETIES OF CANADA, THE ADVOCATES’ SOCIETY, LAW SOCIETY OF ALBERTA, INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER OF THE PROVINCE OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA, INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER OF ONTARIO, BRITISH COLUMBIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ASSOCIATION AND THE CRIMINAL LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION INTERVENERS FACTUM OF THE INTERVENERS, INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONERS GOLDBLATT PARTNERS LLP Office of the Information 20 Dundas Street West, Suite 1100 Commissioner of Canada Toronto, Ontario M5G 2G8 30 Victoria St. Telephone: (416) 979-4380 Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 1H3 Fax: (416) 979-4430 Telephone: (819) 994-2318 Email: [email protected] Fax: (819) 994-0311 Marlys Edwardh Daniel Email: [email protected] Sheppard Diane Therrien Counsel for the Intervener Aditya Ramachandran Counsel for the Intervener Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 30 Victoria Street Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 1H3 Telephone: (819) 994-5905 Fax: (819) 994-5424 Email: [email protected] Regan Morris Counsel for the Intervener ORIGINAL: The Registrar The Supreme Court of Canada 301 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0J1 COPY TO: Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 800-304 8 Avenue, S.W. 160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600 Ottawa, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 1C2 Ontario, K1P 1C3 Glenn Solomon, Q.C. Jeffrey W. Beedell Elizabeth Aspinall Telephone: (403) 571-1520 Telephone: (613) 786-0171 Fax: (403) 571-1528 Fax: (613) 788-3587 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Counsel for the Appellant Information and Agent for the Appellant Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta Privacy Commissioner of Alberta DLA Piper LLP Conway Baxter Wilson LLP 1000 250 - 2nd Street SW Calgary, Alberta, 1111 Prince of Wales, Suite 401 Ottawa, T2P 0C1 Ontario, K2C 3T2 Robert Calvert, Q.C. Colin S. Baxter Michael D.A. Ford, Q.C. Telephone: (403) 294-3588 Telephone: (613) 780-2012 Fax: (403) 213-4469 Fax: (613) 688-0271 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Counsel for the Respondent Board of Agent for the Respondent Board of Governors of the University of Calgary Governors of the University of Calgary David Phillip Jones, Q.C. Colin S. Baxter Counsel for Law Society of Alberta Agent for the Respondent, Board of De Villars Jones Governors of the University of Calgary, and 300 Noble Building Agent for the Proposed Intervener, Law 8540 – 109 Street NW Society of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 1E6 Conway Baxter Wilson LLP Telephone No.: (780) 433-9000 401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive Facsimile No.: (780) 433-9780 Ottawa ON K2C 3T2 Email: [email protected] Telephone No.: (613) 780-2012 Facsimile No.: (613) 688-0271 Email: [email protected] 4 Michael A. Feder Nadia Effendi Counsel for the British Columbia Freedom of Agent for the Interveners, Information and Information and Privacy Association Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and British McCarthy Tétrault LLP Columbia Freedom of Information and Suite 1300, 777 Dunsmuir Street, P.O. Box Privacy Association 10424, Pacific Centre Borden Ladner Gervais Vancouver BC V7Y 1K2 World Exchange Plaza Telephone No.: (604) 643-5983 100 Queen Street, Suite 1300 Facsimile No.: (604) 622-5614 Ottawa, ON K1P 1J9 Email: [email protected] Telephone No.: (613) 787-3562 Facsimile No.: (613) 230-8842 Email: [email protected] Lawren Murray Nadia Effendi Counsel for the Information and Privacy Agent for the Interveners, Information and Commissioner for Ontario Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and British Information and Privacy Commissioner of Columbia Freedom of Information and Ontario Privacy Association Suite 1400 - 2 Bloor Street East Borden Ladner Gervais Toronto, ON M4W 1A8 World Exchange Plaza Telephone No.: (416) 326-3920 100 Queen Street, Suite 1300 Facsimile No.: (416) 325-9186 Ottawa, ON K1P 1J9 Email: Telephone No.: (613) 787-3562 Facsimile No.: (613) 230-8842 Email: [email protected] Ivan Bernardo Eugene Meehan, Q.C. Counsel for the Intervener, Information and Agent for the Interveners, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia Miller Thompson LLP Supreme Advocacy LLP 700 9th Avenue Southwest, Suite 3000 30 Gilmour Street, Suite 100 Calgary, AB T1P 3V4 Ottawa, ON K2P 0R3 Telephone No.: (403) 298-2425 Telephone No.: (613) 695-8855 Facsimile No.: (403) 280-0007 Facsimile No.: (613) 695-8580 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Andrew Fitzgerald Robert Houston, Q.C. Counsel for Information and Privacy Agent for the Intervener, Information and Commissioner for the Province of Privacy Commissioner of Newfoundland and Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador Lewis, Sinnott, Shortall, Hurley, Bruce Burke-Robertson LLP P.O. Box 884 441 MacLaren Street, Suite 200 Suite 301, TD Place Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2H3 140 Water Street Telephone No.: (613) 236-9665 5 St. John's, NL A1C 5L7 Facsimile No.: (613) 235-4430 Telephone No.: (709) 753-7810 Email: [email protected] Facsimile No.: (709) 738-2965 Email: [email protected] Edward W. Halt Patricia J. Wilson Counsel for the Advocates’ Society Agent for the Interveners, Advocates’ Peacock Linder & Halt Society and Federation of Law Societies of Suite 4050 Canada 400 – 3rd Avenue SW Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Calgary, AB T2P 4H2 Suite 1900 - 340 Albert Street Telephone No.: (403) 296-2283 Ottawa ON K1R 7Y6 Facsimile No.: (403) 296-2299 Telephone No.: (613) 787-1009 Email: [email protected] Facsimile No.: (613) 235-2867 Email: [email protected] Mahmud Jamal Patricia J. Wilson Agent for the Interveners, Counsel for the Federation of Law Societies of Advocates’ Society and Federation of Law Canada Societies of Canada Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP 100 King Street West Suite 1900 - 340 Albert Street 1 First Canadian Place Ottawa ON K1R 7Y6 Suite 6200, P.O. Box 50 Telephone No.: (613) 787-1009 Toronto ON M5X 1B8 Facsimile No.: (613) 235-2867 Telephone No.: (416) 862-6764 Email: [email protected] Facsimile No.: (514) 904-8101 Email: [email protected] Michele H. Hollins Marie-France Major Counsel for the Canadian Bar Association Counsel for the Canadia Bar Association Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP Supreme Advocacy LLP 517 10 Avenue SW, Suite 800 30 Gilmour Street, Suite 100 Calgary, Alberta T2R 0A8 Ottawa, ON K2P 0R3 Telephone No.: (403) 750-1117 Telephone No.: (613) 695-8855 ext 102 Facsimile No.: (403) 269-8911 Facsimile No.: (613) 695-8580 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I - OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................1 PART II - SUBMISSIONS ............................................................................................................2 1. The interpretation adopted should take into consideration other public sector access to information and privacy statutes that use similar or identical language ....................................2 2. The modern approach should be applied ...................................................................................3 3. The interpretation of this phrase as including solicitor-client privilege conforms with all aspects of the modern approach ................................................................................................5 (i) the grammatical and ordinary sense of the words includes solicitor-client privilege ........5 (ii) the objects and schemes of these FOIP Acts confirm the interpretation that “any privilege” includes solicitor-client privilege ......................................................................5 (iii) the entire context in which the words appear support an interpretation that includes solicitor-client privilege ...................................................................................................10 (iv) the legislative history supports the inclusion of solicitor-client privilege within this phrase ................................................................................................................................12 4. The phrase “despite…any privilege of the law of evidence” and similarly-worded phrases in FOIP Acts are sufficiently explicit in their inclusion of solicitor-client privilege ..................14 PART III - ORDER SOUGHT ...................................................................................................15 PART IV - LIST OF AUTHORITIES .......................................................................................16 1 PART I – OVERVIEW 1. This appeal asks whether the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, RSA 2000, c F-25 (“FOIP”) authorizes the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner (“Alberta Commissioner”) to compel the production of records over which solicitor-client privilege is claimed by

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