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Yet another case of our government delaying the release of important data

May 12th, 2009 · Iglika Ivanova · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Media, Poverty, inequality & welfare

Less than a week after BC’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) report raised serious questions about secrecy in government (see Keith’s comments here), The Tyee reporter Andrew MacLeod has uncovered another case of important statistics not being released on time. The culprit this time is the Housing and Social Development Ministry, which typically [...]

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Report finds government stonewalling on FOI requests

May 8th, 2009 · Keith Reynolds · No Comments · BC Election 2009

BC’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) released a report yesterday showing secrecy in government is even a bigger problem that we thought. A February report from BC’s Information and Privacy Commissioner’s described what he called, “an unacceptable pattern of government-wide failure to respond to access requests in as timely a fashion as it [...]

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