Translation of "communiqué d'intérêt public " (French → English) :

public service announcement

in the public interest [ in the interest of the public ]

any other interest must be communicated to it ... after an assessment of its compatibility

public interest group

public body

service provided in the public interest

Crown privilege | government privilege

public interest | general interest

earnings announcement | earnings release | earnings report

General Categories of information that may be made publicly available 55.5 (1) The Registry shall contain a record, part of a record or information only if (a) it has otherwise been made publicly available; or (b) the responsible authority, in the case of a record under its control, or the Minister, in the case of a record under the Agency's control, (i) determines that it would have been disclosed to the public in accordance with the Access to Information Act if a request had been made in respect of that record under that Act at the time the record came under the control of the responsible authority or the Agency, including any record ...[+++]that would be disclosed in the public interest pursuant to subsection 20(6) of that Act, or (ii) believes on reasonable grounds that it would be in the public interest to disclose it because it is required for the public to participate effectively in the environmental assessment - other than any record the disclosure of which would be prohibited under section 20 of the Access to Information Act.

3. Contracting authorities may decide to withhold certain information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, regarding the contract award, the conclusion of framework agreements or admittance to a dynamic purchasing system, where the release of such information would impede law enforcement or would otherwise be contrary to the public interest, would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of a particular economic operator, whether public or private, or might prejudice fair competition between economic operators.

3. Contracting authorities may decide to withhold certain information on the contract award or the conclusion of the framework agreements, referred to in subparagraph 1, where release of such information would impede law enforcement or otherwise be contrary to the public interest or would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of economic operators, public or private, or might prejudice fair competition between them.

Accordingly, a judge asked to determine whether an offence has been committed under section 4 should more generally weigh the public interest in disclosure against the public interest in non-disclosure. Such a test under an amended section 4 would be comparable to the test under section 38.06 of the Canada Evidence Act, where a judge considers the public interest in disclosure when deciding whether to authorize, in the context of criminal or administrative proceedings, the disclosure of information that has been w ...[+++]ithheld by the government.