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Commentary: BC OIPC Commissioner Michael Harvey
In this Commentary, BC Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey returns to Access and Privacy Online to speak with FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woywada, and producer Patrick Farnsworth.
Commissioner Harvey addresses several key subjects, including the BC government’s latest report on the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act and concerns that people are losing faith in the FOI system as a means to an end of transparency; the perils of misinformation and loss of public trust; the information ecosystem and the need to balance budgetary concerns and investment; privacy and educational technology; and Canadian data sovereignty.
Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay.
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca
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Full Show Links
FIPA Bill C-4
- UPDATED Call to Action
- FIPA Bill C-4 Part 4 Dashboard
- Bill C-4 Part 4 line-by-line and brief
Show Notes
- Report on the Administration of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act 2024/25
- Are People Losing Trust in BC’s FOI System?
- Canada’s information regulators call on their respective governments to promote a more robust information ecosystem
- Protecting the privacy of children and youth through responsible use of educational technologies in the classroom
- Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
- Committees – Friday, November 21, 2025 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
- Includes: Annual Review of Statutory Offices of British Columbia: Three-year rolling service plans, annual report and budgetary estimates for fiscal years 2026-27, 2027-28 and 2028-29: Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
- OIPC Trust in the Age of Information 2025/26 – 2027/28 Strategic Plan
- Office of the Information Privacy Commissioner, Budget Submission, 2026/27
- OIPC / ORL Budget submission Fiscal years 2026/27 – 2028/29
- Office of the Information Privacy Commissioner, Budget Tables, 2026/27
- Office of the Information Privacy Commissioner, Annual Report, 2024/25
In this Commentary, BC Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey returns to Access and Privacy Online to speak with FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woywada, and producer Patrick Farnsworth.
Commissioner Harvey addresses several key subjects, including the BC government’s latest report on the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act and concerns that people are losing faith in the FOI system as a means to an end of transparency; the perils of misinformation and loss of public trust; the information ecosystem and the need to balance budgetary concerns and investment; privacy and educational technology; and Canadian data sovereignty.
Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay.
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca
You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Full Show Links
FIPA Bill C-4
- UPDATED Call to Action
- FIPA Bill C-4 Part 4 Dashboard
- Bill C-4 Part 4 line-by-line and brief
Show Notes
- Report on the Administration of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act 2024/25
- Are People Losing Trust in BC’s FOI System?
- Canada’s information regulators call on their respective governments to promote a more robust information ecosystem
- Protecting the privacy of children and youth through responsible use of educational technologies in the classroom
- Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
- Committees – Friday, November 21, 2025 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
- Includes: Annual Review of Statutory Offices of British Columbia: Three-year rolling service plans, annual report and budgetary estimates for fiscal years 2026-27, 2027-28 and 2028-29: Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
- OIPC Trust in the Age of Information 2025/26 – 2027/28 Strategic Plan
- Office of the Information Privacy Commissioner, Budget Submission, 2026/27
- OIPC / ORL Budget submission Fiscal years 2026/27 – 2028/29
- Office of the Information Privacy Commissioner, Budget Tables, 2026/27
- Office of the Information Privacy Commissioner, Annual Report, 2024/25