Access to Information

A 2014 file photo shows a copy of B.C.’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPAA). THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Wait for FOI requests in B.C. the worst its been in 13 years: commissioner

Province only meeting 30-day benchmark in about 50% of access to information requests, report finds

Jan 31, 2024
by Jane Skrypnek
News

The Peace Tower is seen on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on November 5, 2013. Veteran journalist Dean Beeby says reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Media shunning transparency law due to worsening delays, journalist says

Users complain of lengthy delays, heavily blacked-out documents or full denials