Opinion: B.C. NDP used to care about access to information — not anymore

In 1991, I led the team that developed B.C.’s Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation for Mike Harcourt’s NDP government. The next year, all parties in the legislature voted unanimously to pass what was then considered the most open FOI legislation in Canada. The law was lauded as “the best in North America” and led to groundbreaking journalism work. Read More