Posted on August 17th, 2010
BC's Information and Privacy Commissioner has ruled that the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) must disclose commercial and financial details of three outsourcing contracts in response to FOI requests...
Posted on July 5th, 2010
Heritage Minister James Moore accuses 'radical extremists' of opposing his proposed copyright legislation. FIPA's Vincent Gogolek wonders if the minister is one of the mysterious 'Agents of Foreign Influence' cited...
Environmental groups accuse B.C. of abusing Freedom of Information process over sea lice information
Posted on June 30th, 2010
Two environmental groups say they won a six-year battle over access to documents on sea lice, only to have the government change the rules and refuse the information for their next request...
Posted on June 24th, 2010
A B.C. Supreme Court hearing started on June 21 into the government's appeal of an order by the information commissioner to release Cabinet records. FIPA joined the battle on the behalf of the FOI requester...
Posted on June 1st, 2010
The unanimous report handed down by the Special Committee reviewing BC's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act has a lot of positive recommendations, but a few recommendations could be huge problems...
Posted on May 26th, 2010
FIPA has asked BC’s Information and Privacy Commissioner to investigate a new government order requiring Crown corporations to notify the government when any information is to be released in response to an FOI request...
