MEDIA RELEASE June 19, 2017 Proposed law leaves lots of holes in outdated Access to Information Act VANCOUVER, June 19, 2017 – The bill tabled late this afternoon by the three ministers in Ottawa does not meet the promises made by the Liberal Party of Canada in 2015. What was announced today will make some […]

Join FIPA staff, board, members, and others in the information and privacy community at FIPA’s 2017 Annual General Meeting. This year’s AGM will take place at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, June 21st, at the YWCA Hotel (details below), and will feature a talk by Sinziana Gutiu about the current climate for information and privacy issues in BC.   Sinziana Gutiu […]

Download the full May 2017 Bulletin, or use the links below to read individual articles online. In this issue: BC Election 2017: Where the Parties Stand on Freedom of Information and Privacy Rights Updates on provincial and federal Information Commissioners FIPA talks Connected Cars and Privacy at Senate Transport Committee Two new Committee reports on National Security How […]

It’s that time of the year! 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 members, review updates to our bylaws, and talk about some of this […]

Two new Committee reports on National Security – How will Goodale react? Two important Commons committee reports relating to Bill C-51 and national security were released this week. They come after a major consultation on national security by the federal government in late 2016. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has said he plans to introduce […]

FIPA talks Connected Cars and Privacy at Senate Transport Committee The Senate Transport and Communications Committee has begun its hearings into autonomous and connected vehicles, with its report due to federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau by the end of 2017. The minister asked the Senate committee to look into the issues surrounding this major technological […]

Drew McArthur named as acting BC Information and Privacy Commissioner for the second time After a five-day vacancy without an Information and Privacy Commissioner earlier this year, Drew McArthur was reappointed as Acting Commissioner via an order in council effective March 17. McArthur’s term expired on Monday, March 13, but the special Legislative Committee searching […]

This Just In: Liberals, NDP and Greens respond to FIPA’s election questionnaire. Just in time for next week’s vote, we are pleased to reveal the responses we received from all three major parties to our election questionnaire. This is the detailed statement of positions on information, privacy, and other issues that have not had much […]

With the provincial election campaign underway, we believe it is important to know where the leaders of BC’s three leading political parties stand on important Freedom of Information and privacy issues. Like we have done during previous elections, FIPA sent a series of questions on Freedom of Information and privacy issues to the BC Liberals, […]

MEDIA RELEASE BC government bill does not create a duty to document government decisions  Legislation introduced today is completely discretionary says FIPA VANCOUVER, March 8, 2017 – The bill introduced this afternoon by Finance Minister Mike de Jong is a sad excuse for action on creating a duty to document government decisions. Despite demands from […]

Download the full February 2017 Bulletin, or use the links below to read individual articles online. In this issue: The Final Verdict to our Election Act Challenge: An Unusual Victory Many thanks to our pro bono lawyers BC Throne Speech has none of needed reforms for FOI and privacy FIPA weighs in on Privacy Act, PIPEDA reforms […]

New year, new changes to the Board and Staff 2017 is well under way, and is shaping up to be another great year for FIPA. After our Special General Meeting that was held on November 16, 2016, we have a couple of changes to our board and staff. In January, our Program Director, Joyce Yan, joined […]