Re: RTK Week: Open Gov Data CIO Program, and s13(1)

[The Munroes]

Thank you Mark for keeping us up to date,

 

Perhaps an effort can be made to remove Section 13 (1) from the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT, which reads ...

“The head of a public body may refuse to disclose to an applicant information that would reveal advice or recommendations developed by or for a public body or a minister.”

Section 13 (1) was used to refuse to disclose the advice given to the Executive Director of BC Stats immediately prior to ordering an employee (the Population Analyst who had raised concerns about irregularities in the creation of population numbers) to leave the BC Stats offices and was "escorted" off government property.

For more information, please see the letter to the BC Information Commissioner at http://www.wminfomatics.com/WP/home.html.

Perhaps the Information Commissioners, and others, could explain why this clause is in the Act.

Do tax payers pay for this advice?

Will the Information Commissioner disclose what was said?

 

Warren Munroe

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Weiler <[hidden email]>
Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010 12:57 pm
Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] RTK Week: Open Gov Data CIO Program, FOI Music, +
To: civicaccess-discuss <[hidden email]>, visiblegovernment-discuss <[hidden email]>

>
> Does everyone know that this Monday Sept 27 to Friday Oct 1 is
> Right to Know Week? It's the week to raise awareness about
> access rights through FOI legislation.
>
> Lots of things are going on across Canada. Take a look:
> http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/86
> Tracey Lauriault, David Eaves, and Michael Mulley, who have
> posted on these lists, will be presenting (did I miss anyone?)
> at some of the Ottawa events. Jennifer Bell presented last year
> too (http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/35#CA)
>
> To mark Right to Know Week, raise some discussion, and get feet
> tapping, here are a couple of things:
>
> 1. From the Canada's Chief Information Officers to you...
>
> In April 2010, the Treasury Board of Canada hosted the Chief
> Information Officer Executive Summit in which Open Government
> Data was discussed.
> The official program for the summit (Eng & Fra), the GCPedia
> entry for the CIO 2010 Executive Summit (Eng, Fra) and the
> GCPedia entry for the CIO / Open Data Summit (Eng, Fra) were
> acquired through the Access to Information Act and can be
> downloaded in a blog I posted here:
> http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/93The blog
> discusses how how open government and access to information can
> overlap. 
>
> 2. Freedom of Information Music
>
> Results of the 2010 survey for "Freedom of Information Music"
> can be found here:
> http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/18
>
> Suggested songs include:
>
> "I see you" by Leona Lewis
>
> "Janane ka haq (Right to Know)"  (the anthem of the Right
> to Information movement in India)
>
> "FOIB - Are You Pickable, Mr. Politician?" by Prof Lungu (Ghana/Japan)
>
> "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley
>
> "What's Up?" by 4 Non-Blondes
>
> "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves
>
> "Access to Information" a message from the Access to Information
> Unit (Jamacia)
>
>
> 3. Live Chat with Information Commissioners...
> There will be a live on-line chat with Information (and Privacy)
> commissioners starting tomorrow:
> http://www.righttoknow.ca/chat/schedule.asp If you'd like a
> glimpse of plans for 2011's Right to Know Week,
> http://www.opengovernmentrecords.net/drupal/node/11
>
> Happy Right to Know Week,
>
> Mark Weiler
> _______________________________________________
> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list
> [hidden email]
> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss
>