Section 20(2),(5)(6) - Disclosure Authorized in Public Interest

2) Subsection 20(5):

As noted above, when there is a possibility that the third party would consent to disclosure, it is not sufficient for the head of the institution to merely state that they just don't know if the third party would consent. In such a case, he must take positive actions to determine whether the third party would consent: see also X v. Minister of National Defence and Ruby v. Canada (Solicititor Genral, R.C.M.P.).¹²