The provincial government says redactions made before the public release of the Auditor Generals’ report into the operations of Memorial University were done “out of an abundance of caution to avoid the inadvertent release of personal information.”

That, according to government, is a standard course of government business to protect the privacy of personal information.

The redacted information mostly relate to bonuses and other compensation provided to executives at C-CORE and the Genesis Centre.

In August of 2023, the Auditor General received a cease and desist order from a lawyer representing Genesis to “…formally request removal of information pertaining to Genesis and its employees. Inclusion of Genesis within your audit of Memorial exceeds your jurisdiction… ” Counsel for C-CORE sent the AG’s office a similar letter.

Government says it became aware of the potential for privacy issues as the result of correspondence received from separately incorporated entities of MUN around the time that government received the AG’s report.