British Columbia FOI

Some of the following links go to PDF and Excel documents, which may need to be individually downloaded on some devices.

• Turning Back the Clock – FOI Rights in British Columbia. Submission to Legislative review, 2022. Speech to review
• 14 Appendices to Turning Back the Clock report
• 135 recommendations for B.C. FOIPP Act reform, 2022
• Link to B.C. Legislative Special Committee reviewing the FOIPP Act, 2022 –  Final REPORT
• British Columbia FOI News Index, 1993-2020. Summaries of 2,000 articles produced by utilizing the B.C. freedom of information law.
• Explanatory notes to the B.C. FOI News Index
• B.C. citizens’ use of the B.C. FOIPP Act, 30 examples
• 65 fine stories from the B.C. FOI News Index
• NDP and Liberal statements on B.C. FOI. 2006-2021
• B.C. citizens’ complaints to the Premier on Bill 22
• B.C. law reform – where are we at now?  Speech, 2018. Backgrounder.
• Author’s submissions to B.C. Legislative FOIPP Act reviews, 1998-2015.
• Media reports on author’s 2015 submission.
• The Public’s Right to Know. Speech, 2011, UCV
• Full Disclosure, At Times. Report on B.C. FOI routine release, 2012
• Note on Vancouver Police Dept. FOI Policy, 2011 
• What Price Accountability? Financing the B.C. FOIPP Act process (1997-2000)