“The applicant may further release the information into the public domain.”
In a FOIP response as to why their previous FOIP requests weren’t processed, Postmedia has gotten a reply.
“The ministry may be impacted upon the release of this records’ package, […] The applicant may further release the information into the public domain.”
Why the ministry would be worried about data obtained in a public survey being made available to the public is left as an exercise to the reader.
Postmedia note that
The documents show the information was readily available, with an analyst reporting it took “roughly 15 minutes” to track down 400 pages worth of spreadsheet data representing responses to the survey’s long-form questions.