Download the full March 2018 Bulletin, or use the links below to read individual articles online. In this issue: Call for action for FOI and privacy rights in BC Happy retirement  to Vincent! Welcome Sara, FIPA’s new Executive Director Save the Date! The 2018 AGM is right around the corner! Find more issues of the Bulletin […]

It’s that time of the year! Join us on Tuesday, June 19th at 6PM for our Annual General Meeting. Keep an eye on your inbox over the next few weeks as we finalize all the details for this year’s Annual General Meeting! The AGM is your chance to hear about our work, elect BC FIPA board […]

Sara Neuert is the new Executive Director of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association.  She has been working as a consultant for the past decade in community and grassroots initiatives between universities, industries, government and Indigenous communities where the focus was on strategic planning, project management and building relationships. Sara is originally from […]

After 8 years as FIPA’s Executive Director, we would like to wish Vincent Gogolek all the best in his retirement! Our long-serving and much-celebrated Executive Director, Vincent Gogolek, retired in February. Vince served as FIPA’s Executive Director from 2011-2018, and as Program Director from 2008-2010. In his time with FIPA, and especially in his capacity […]

Exciting news! The BC Ministry of Citizens’ Services has launched a public consultation on freedom of information and privacy rights in BC, and we need your help! Here’s your chance to voice your thoughts, concerns or ideas for change. Help us put an end to record destruction, failure to create records, FOI loopholes, and other […]

Earlier today we sent a joint letter to Premier John Horgan supporting Freedom of Information and privacy reform, and offering our help to bring this about. The text of the letter, signed by a number of well-known groups and individuals, is set out below. See here for the PDF copy.   February 22, 2018 The […]

FIPA recently commissioned some public opinion polling on BC’s freedom of information system. We worked with Ipsos, a leading independent market research company, to develop and pose four questions related to some of our key recommendations to the Special Committee reviewing BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). A total of 803 […]

November 1, 2017 FIPA’s Submission on ATIA reform (Bill C-58) The long-promised Liberal amendments to the Access to Information Act (ATIA) were finally revealed just before Parliament’s summer recess, and the reaction was swift and overwhelmingly negative. Federal Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault (who was not consulted by the government on the proposed legislation) was also […]

Download the full October 2017 Bulletin, or use the links below to read individual articles online. In this issue: 2017 Right to Know Week update Big changes coming to FIPA next year & job posting Remembering Gwen Barlee Federal ATI reform plans not enough FIPA pushes to keep BC privacy law out of NAFTA negotiations Find more […]

As the NAFTA renegotiations got underway, FIPA was working to make sure this province’s public sector privacy law was not being put on the bargaining table. Before the negotiations began, the US Trade Representative released an 18 page list of objectives for the negotiations. The first and most serious is at the top of page […]

The long-promised Liberal amendments to the Access to Information Act (ATIA) were finally revealed just before Parliament’s summer recess, and the reaction was swift and overwhelmingly negative. FIPA and a number of other groups sign a letter to the Minister responsible, Scott Brison, setting out some of C-58’s many shortcomings and demanding the bill be […]