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Court rules against resident, deciding Burnaby can keep secret 421 of the properties it owns
LaurenVanderdeen
lvanderdeen@burnabynow
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A BC Supreme Court judge has ruled the City of Burnaby can keep 421 of the properties it owns a secret.
The City of Burnaby won its case to keep those properties hidden against the B C Information and Privacy Commissioner and local resident David Hayre earlier this month.
Hayre had requested a list of all the properties owned by the City of Burnaby in January 2020
His freedom of information request returned a list of 2,314 properties However, the street addresses or parcel identification information on another 421 properties were redacted.
The city said the withheld real estate information was related to its plans for future development projects, including active land assemblies.
It argued if the properties were disclosed, it would
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