On May 18, 2016, FIPA and the BC Civil Liberties Association filed a complaint with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC relating to their investigation  into “the disclosure of details of active freedom of information requests on the Open Information website.” We point to a number of issues with the BC government’s seemingly out-of-the-blue announcement that […]

Download letter now Letter from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in response to BC FIPA’s complaint about the BC government refusing to post reports.

Nobody likes going public with embarrassing reports, but the B.C. government has conjured some of its most creative legal analyses yet in an attempt to keep less flattering information out of the public realm. The B.C. government has refused to post both the McNeil report, which examines the mysterious Ministry of Health data breach firings, […]

Download letter now Complaint letter to Commissioner Denham re BC government refusing to post reports.  

August 28, 2014 Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner PO Box 9038 4th Floor — 947 Fort Street Victoria, BC V8W 9A4 BY E Mail: info@oipc.bc.ca Dear Commissioner: RE: Request for investigation into excessive collection of information by police forces in employment applications I am writing to ask you to conduct an investigation under s.42 […]

Request for an investigation into the failure of the BC Government to release information about the Mount Polley tailings pond, contrary to s.25 of FIPPA. Download the complaint