October 10, 2012 The provincial government’s Open Information website promotes “no closed doors or hidden agendas,” but in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request filed in May 2012 for basic background information regarding one of the most significant >
On behalf of Rivers Without Borders, this letter requests that the Information and Privacy Commissioner conduct a review of the Ministry’s response to a Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) request for basic background information regarding the Northwest Transmission >
October 3, 2012 A broad variety of toxins can be found in furniture, childrens toys, electronics, and other consumer products. Everything from heavy metals to carcinogens, from mutagens to chemicals that pose reproductive risks can be found in such products. >
Submission to the Information and Privacy Commissioner to investigate whether public bodies are following the laws intended to release information about risks to the environment and public health and safety. Prepared on behalf of the BC Freedom Information and Privacy Association (FIPA), >
June 5, 2012 The ELC filed a request today asking BCs Information and Privacy Commissioner to investigate whether public bodies are following the laws intended to release information about risks to the environment and public health and safety. Prepared on >
Backgrounder for the ELC Associates teleconference on BC Environmental Laws: What Needs to Change? (April 23, 2012)
Lower mainland citizens living around Burrard Inlet may soon hear a lot more about their brewing sewage problems. With assistance from ELC student Keyvan Monsef, Ecojustice recently obtained two orders from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner directing >
February 3, 2010 Broken promises, illegally slow delays and exorbitant six-figure fees were just a few of the problems ELC student Morgan Blakley pointed out to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act >
Submission to: The Third Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
January 2008 Victoria, BC–It should be easier for environmentalists to get records from the Ministry of Environment, thanks to the efforts of ELC students Scott Giesbrecht, Jamie Thornback and Melinda Skeels. Their work helped trigger a wholesale reform of how >