FIPA and the BC Civil Liberties Association are raising the alarm over amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protection […]

Right to Know Week in Canada takes place on Sept 26-Sep 30, 2011 RTK Week was created to raise people’s […]

In this issue: BC’s ‘Open Information, Open Data’ plan shows promise …but the other side of ‘Government 2.0’ requires radical […]

JOINT LETTER QUESTIONS WHY GOVERNMENT IS AVOIDING DEBATE ON INTERNET SURVEILLANCE LEGISLATION A new “Stop Online Spying” coalition of Canadian […]

GOVERNMENT MOVES TO ROUTINELY RELEASE SOME INFORMATION, BUT LOTS OF RECORDS REMAIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS With its new “Open Information […]

The BCCLA and BC FIPA have sent a joint letter to the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC regarding media […]

FIPA has created a website called “Health Information Privacy in British Columbia” to fill a serious lack of information available […]

More than 30.000 people and organizations have signed an online petition against the federal government’s plan to sneak in internet […]

SOME PROPOSALS HINDER PRIVACY RIGHTS By Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun June 7, 2011 The Conservative government’s omnibus “tough-on-crime” legislation should […]

Canada Health Infoway’s plans for highly-centralized electronic health records (EHR) systems within each province containing patient records that can be […]

Liberal Party of Canada’s response to BC FIPA, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, and Newspapers Canada’s question regarding their position on […]