Author’s editorials on FOI topics
- Which B.C. political party values open government? Business in Vancouver (Oct. 17, 2024)
- B.C. student societies in urgent need of law reform. Business in Vancouver (Aug. 22, 2024)
- Eby must fulfill NDP promises on freedom of information reform. Victoria Times Colonist (Nov. 24, 2022)
- Premier Horgan needs to keep his promise on duty to document. The Province (Feb. 24, 2018)
- Time to reform freedom of information laws. Victoria Times Colonist (Jan. 21, 2018)
- Prime minister – please close gaps in information law. Toronto Star (Oct. 22, 2017)
- New government can rebuild trust in public relations system. Victoria Times Colonist (July 15, 2017)
- Minority government offers good chance for freedom of information reform. The Province (July 4, 2017)
- BC government is quietly closing down our freedom of information system. The Province (Oct. 20, 2016)
- De Jong change to FOI would impair scrutiny of government. The Province (May 13, 2016)
- Use of companies to hide government records must end. The Province (March 21, 2016)
- Mayor needs to live up to promise to listen on transparency. Vancouver Courier (Nov. 19, 2014)
- B.C. government gives up on FOI legal challenge. TheTyee.ca (Jan. 13, 2013)
- B.C. Legislature mounts constitutional challenge to keep records secret. TheTyee.ca (Oct. 5, 2012)
- Three additions to my open government plea. TheTyee.ca (Sept. 26, 2012)
- The dangerous distraction of faux transparency. TheTyee.ca (Sept. 17, 2012)
- Commissioner orders health audits released to Courier. The Vancouver Courier (Feb. 1, 2012) Order was later overturned upon PHSA appeal to BC Supreme Court.
- For true transparency, amend David Hahn’s FOI strategy. TheTyee.ca (March 4, 2012) Interview with David Hahn
- Victoria must not copy BC Ferries’ FOI scheme. The Province (Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 13, 2011)
- BC government can’t hide ministers’ records from FOI with ‘out of scope’ claims. TheTyee.ca (Dec. 8, 2011) More
- BC must show public Maximus’ health contract, fines: ruling. TheTyee.ca (June 19, 2010)
- Getting government to disclose its costs is an Olympian ordeal. The Province (Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 11, 2010)
- Records for 2010 Olympic Games go missing. The Georgia Straight (April 17, 2008)
- Stonewalling Freedom (Crown Copyright and FOI). The Vancouver Sun (Apr. 4, 2008) With resolution
- TransLink secrecy dims democracy. Vancouver Courier, letters. (Feb. 13, 2008)
- Victoria Is Secret,More than Ever – How BC Liberals are blocking info. First in a series. TheTyee.ca (May 8, 2007)
- News Smothered by Secrecy– How officials buried info we deserve to know. Second in a series. TheTyee.ca (May 9, 2007)
- To Fix FOI Law, Start Here– Section 13 creates yawning vacuum of secrecy. Last in a series. TheTyee.ca (May 10, 2007)
- Review of Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age, by Alasdair Roberts, Cambridge University Press (Jan. 11, 2007). TheTyee.ca
- Libs Poised to Slam Lid of Secrecy: Latest bills shut out public, invite scandal and waste – Bill 30. TheTyee.ca (May 9, 2006)
- What Libs Don’t Want Us to Know: Bill 23 would limit truth-finding public inquiries. TheTyee.ca (May 10, 2006)
- Government Secrecy Bills Pulled: Bills 23 and 30 deferred indefinitely. TheTyee.ca (May 11, 2006)
- Let’s lift the veil of police board secrecy. The Vancouver Sun (Dec. 13, 2005)
- Information, please. The Vancouver Sun (Oct. 4, 2004)