The road forward

Most recently, the B. C. Liberal’s neglect of FOI rights can be measured by the fact that the executive director of the Office of the Information and. [...] The discussions of that body will bring major changes to the lives of every person in B. C. "It's the first time I can remember that we weren't consulted on an amendment of the FOI Act," said the commissioner. [...] In the global context, the scope of B. C.’s FOIPP Act is comparatively limited: Purposes of this Act 2 (1) The purposes of this Act are to make public bodies more accountable to the public and to protect personal privacy by (a) giving the public a right of access to records, (b) giving individuals a right of access to, and a right to request correction of, personal information about themselves, (c [...] The objectives of the right of access and the duties of the authorities provided in this Act are to promote openness and good practice on information management in government, and to provide private individuals and corporations with an opportunity to monitor the exercise of public authority and the use of public resources, to freely form an opinion, to influence the exercise of public authority, a [...] Here the matter stands in our FOIPP Act: Scope of this Act 3 (1) This Act applies to all records in the custody or under the control of a public body, including court administration records, but does not apply to the following: [describes records of courts, officers of the legislature, local elected officials, et.al.] (2) This Act does not limit the information available by law to a party to a pro