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Time to tighten B.C. laws on anonymous lobbying: attorney general
B.C.'s attorney general says she wants to amend provincial laws to unmask special interest groups behind anonymous lobbying campaigns, after an IJF/CBC Vancouver investigation.
Company apologizes for anonymous campaign against chlorine plant
The co-founder of a company behind a campaign targeting a North Vancouver chemical facility has apologized for a lack of transparency.
Campaign against B.C. chlorine plant was secretly funded by rival
A seemingly grassroots campaign targeting a North Vancouver chemical plant was funded by one of its competitors. A CBC News and Investigative Journalism Foundation investigation traced the Keep North Vancouver Safe campaign targeting chlorine producer Chemtrade to a Toronto-based company called K2 Pure Solutions — a chemical company whose stated goal is to eliminate the need for chlorine transport.
Sask. privacy commissioner says he should have power to make government release info
Saskatchewan’s privacy czar says his office should be given the power to force government agencies to release information in an overdue update to the province’s transparency laws.
Sask. Health Authority won't release details on CEO resignation despite privacy commissioner's recommendation
Information and privacy commissioner Ron Kruzeniski found the SHA failed to properly apply the law when it denied CBC Saskatchewan's requests for documents about the departure of Scott Livingstone, who abruptly resigned from the SHA in November 2021.
A sheriff shortage is threatening B.C.'s legal system, internal report reveals
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma is promising more money to fix a chronic shortage of sheriffs that has led to at least 86 court appearances being cancelled or delayed this year.