Vincent Gogolek

Vincent Gogolek is the executive director of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association. He recently testified before the parliamentary Standing Committee on Access to Information, Ethics and Privacy Committee.

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Are the Liberals backing away from their transparency commitments?

It looks as if substantive changes are coming to the Access to Information Act (ATIA), but there are also signs that the government may be backing away from some of its election promises about openness …

BC election law on third-party advertising still confused

After a decision from the highest court in the country, we were hoping that British Columbians would be able to freely express themselves in the upcoming provincial election (scheduled for May 9), without having to …

Privacy rights on the NAFTA agenda

As we get ready to enter what promises to be a very contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), we should keep in mind that supply-managed milk and chickens are not the …

The holes in the Access to Info system

It never bodes well when a government puts out a major piece of legislation late in the day, and Bill C-58 certainly met those lowered expectations when it came out a few weeks ago. Transparency was …