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VIDEO: OPA on Documents: 'We Messed-Up Some Search Terms'

Posted By: Katie Franzios · 2/21/2013 4:32:00 PM

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) believes all the documents surrounding the Mississauga and Oakville gas plant cancellations have been released.

At least the ones asked for in the latest request from a committee hearing.

After a total of 56,000 pages of documents were released last fall on two occasions, another 592 surfaced on Thursday.

OPA Chair Jim Hinds and CEO Colin Anderson apologized to the legislature. Anderson says while the search was coordinated by the Ministry of Energy, they didn't feel any political pressure about when to release documents.

They say this was the first time the OPA conducted a search of this magnitude.

It was revealed the OPA told the deputy energy minister in late October/early November that another search will have to be done, given the OPA "messed up" when it comes to search terms. They realized they excluded search terms such as project code names.

The newest batch of documents include emails setting up conference calls and invoices outlining construction-related costs, such as $13.90 for a hammer and over $9,000 for portable toilets.

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  1. Nappa posted on 02/21/2013 05:54 PM
    WHAT NINE THOUSAND! That can't be right!
  2. Bill R posted on 02/22/2013 05:52 PM
    When a project is coded as "Banana", and the search term "Project Banana" did not find projects that are called simply "Banana", then we have to assume the search system and indeed the "coded" way things are called are indeed designed to be hiding something. Why have code names at all unless you are deciding up front you are doing things underhandedly. Oh, this was one of several fruit names used. I forget the others but they were mentioned on CFRB radio.
  3. Mulberry Outlet posted on 02/23/2013 02:46 AM
    Very good, thanks for sharing
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