On January 18, 2017 FIPA filed a complaint with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC relating to the BC Ministry of Finance’s failure to locate and provide records on Mark Carney’s speech on Vancouver’s real estate market in 2011. The Ministry’s response was due January 10, 2017, but it was delayed until January […]

Mark your calendars—the Special General Meeting is only one week away! Here, we will be voting in new directors to the board, and amending our current bylaws and constitution in compliance with the new BC Societies Act. At the SGM, members of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association will be asked to vote […]

NEWS RELEASE OCTOBER 11, 2016   Supreme Court hears FIPA’s Election Act challenge The Supreme Court of Canada reserves decision on striking down ban on unregistered speech in BC’s election law VANCOUVER, October 11, 2016 – The Supreme Court of Canada will take the time to make its decision in the BC Freedom of Information […]

The BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) is turning 25 years old, and we’re inviting you to join us in our celebration! Our Celebratory Soiree will be held at the Bill Reid Gallery in Vancouver on November 3, 2016. Join us for food, drinks and live entertainment – oh, not to mention our fabulous […]

FIPA will be celebrating this year’s Right To Know Week by hosting another of our highly-acclaimed workshops on filing Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Join us in Vancouver on Thursday, September 29 for FOI 101,and learn the basic practical skills needed to start tackling your own FOI projects, as well as tips and strategies on how to deal with […]

NEWS RELEASE SEPTEMBER 19, 2016   2016 BC Information Summit opens in Vancouver this Thursday Federal and BC Commissioners headline major conference on the future of Freedom of Information and Privacy Vancouver, September 19, 2016 — The BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) is excited to announce that the 2016 BC Information Summit […]

The federal government has taken a while to get moving on its election promise to make amendments to Bill C-51, but it now looks like things may be starting to stir. There have been a number of false starts to date. For example, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, writing in the Huffington Post in early […]

With the provincial election just around the corner, FIPA’s fight against restrictions on freedom of expression in BC’s Election Act is going to make its final stop in the Supreme Court of Canada this October. This is barely six months before the BC election campaign begins. The Election Act requires any persons or groups who […]

The conviction of former Ministry of Transportation political staffer George Gretes for  obstructing the Information and Privacy Commissioner in her investigation of the “Triple Delete” scandal underscores the need for serious reform of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). He was not, however, charged with the act of deleting information as […]

Since the last Information Summit, we have seen some major shifts in the freedom of information and privacy landscape. There have been major reports from both a BC Special Legislative committee and from the House of Commons ATI Ethics and Privacy standing committee calling for a serious overhaul of the federal and provincial laws. Some […]

We have seen major shifts in the freedom of information and privacy rights landscape since our last Information Summit. This year, Information Summit 2016 will hear from experts and people intimately involved in how the world of information is changing. FIPA is pleased to bring you a variety of perspectives on the strategies being developed to […]

Here are the documents we received from the RCMP in response to our ATI request for: “Records outlining the total cost to date of the investigation into the activities of John Nuttall and Amanda Korody related to the attempted bombing of the BC Legislature on July 1, 2013, including the number of officers involved in […]