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A Special Committee of the BC Legislature that is reviewing the province’s Freedom of Information
and Protection of Privacy Act has extended the deadline for public submissions a second time.
The new deadline is March 15, 2010.

Information on the Special Committee and its members can be found on the Legislative Assembly
website at http://www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/39thparl/session-1/foi/index.htm

For more information on the review of the FOIPP Act Click Here

ARTICLES ON FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND THE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW

B.C. government spends more energy dodging information access laws than obeying them
By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, February 4, 2010 Click Here

How to Revive an 'Eviscerated' Freedom of Info Act
By Andrew MacLeod, TheTyee.ca Click Here

RECENT SUBMISSIONS TO THE COMMITTEE

FIPA Click Here

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Click Here

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Click Here

Stanley Tromp, investigative journalist and author of the Canadian FOI Resource Website
Click Here

Environmental Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria Click Here

FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS POSTED BY COMMITTEE:
http://www.leg.bc.ca/foi/submissions_received.htm