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The legislation envisions release of records within a month of a request, but Davis has argued first at the review stage and later at an inquiry against release of spending details during his nine-year at the helm of the health region because he says the information is inaccurate or subject to misinterpretation by the public that might unfairly damage his reputation.

A decision released on the eve of last week’s provincial election and over 27 months after it landed on the commissioner’s desk rejected those arguments by the former CEO and longtime deputy minister during the rule of Tory premier Ralph Klein.

“The records fairly represent the transactions they record,” adjudicator Christina Gauk said.

“The fact someone might misinterpret information or reach inaccurate conclusions based upon it does not in itself make that information inaccurate or unreliable.”

But Gauk did agree there should be further meetings between Alberta Health Services and Davis to discuss removing references to expenses that were promptly reimbursed, claims for planned trips that were not taken and names of some of the other people mentioned in the documents.

There’s no certainty yet as to when the expenses will finally be released or exactly what detail they will contain as AHS and Davis are not scheduled to meet and discuss the additional redactions until next month.

“We’re working our way through it,” Davis said in an interview. “I don’t really have any problem with the expenses being disclosed, but there’s a process here as to what would be included and what’s not to be included.”