The AG's mandate is statutory and independent of FIPPA. She requests records directly from ministries and Crown corporations — no FOI required. Bill 97 does not amend the Auditor General Act. Her ability to investigate any program, any ministry, any Crown agency is unchanged. AG reports are primary sources.

The Ombudsman investigates complaints about provincial government decisions, administrative unfairness, and service failures. Mandate is set by the Ombudsman Act — no FIPPA dependency. Jurisdiction covers most provincial ministries and agencies. Complaints can be filed by any member of the public.

The IPC retains jurisdiction over every institution FIPPA still covers: provincial ministries, agencies, school boards, hospitals, municipalities, universities. Bill 97 removes the Premier's office, cabinet ministers, and parliamentary assistants from scope — not the IPC's existence or powers over everything else. Orders and appeals within that remaining scope are unchanged.

Federal departments, Crown corporations, and agencies remain fully subject to ATIA. Federal-provincial agreements, transfers, Infrastructure Canada project files, federal agency records — all requestable through a separate register. Bill 97 is provincial legislation with no reach into federal jurisdiction.

Every person who lobbied the Premier's office, a minister's office, or a parliamentary assistant is required by law to register. Registry entries include: who lobbied, which office, on behalf of which client, about which subject matter. This record is public, searchable, and cross-referenceable against contracts, grants, and MZOs. Bill 97 does not amend the Lobbyists Registration Act.

Every affidavit, exhibit, factum, and court order filed in Ontario's courts is a public record. Bill 97 kills the FOI case for Ford's cellphone records — it does not seal the courthouse. Records filed in the Global News litigation, Greenbelt proceedings, and all other active matters remain accessible through the court's public record.

Bill 97 excludes records in the custody or control of a minister's office. Where a ministerial directive has been formally transmitted to and received by a ministry — and the ministry holds the record — institutions may still be required to process a request. This is a contested area: institutions have historically overclaimed exemptions, and the IPC and courts have pushed back case-by-case. Outcome depends on facts of each request.

Standing committees of the Legislature retain the power to order production of records. The mechanism exists in the standing orders and at common law. With a PC majority, a motion to compel production will not pass in the current parliament. The power is latent — it becomes operative when the government changes or loses its majority.