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The Freedom of Information and Privacy Association brings you this weekly roundup of the news stories in the information management field.
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Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
In this commentary, we have a special end-of-year commentary among FIPA contributors.
Tune in to hear our discussion between producer Patrick Farnsworth, FIPA researcher Spencer Izen, and Executive Director Jason Woywada as they discuss Spencer’s work and research with the preliminary report from his access assessments.
- 2025 Access Assessment Preliminary Report: https://fipa.bc.ca/aa/preliminary-report-2025/
- Access Regimes: Social Studies of Recordkeeping, Bureaucracy, and Secrecy under Freedom of Information Law: https://osf.io/n2xmu/overview
- BC Broader Public Sector Requests: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/2024-bc-broader-public-sector-requests/
- BC Core Government Requests: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/2024-bc-core-government-requests/
- Access Assessment Release Packages: https://fipa.bc.ca/aa/2025-release-packages/
Reporting
- What’s the ‘black box’ of B.C.’s freedom of information systems? Watchdog study shining light on little-understood process: https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/whats-the-black-box-of-bcs-freedom-of-information-systems-watchdog-study-shining-light-on-little-understood-process/
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Access and Privacy Commentary: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-commentary/
Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-online/
News stories through the Canadian Press and Feedly.
Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
In this commentary, we have a special end-of-year commentary among FIPA contributors.
Tune in to hear our discussion with FIPA researcher Ryan Rutley, who was one of our University of Victoria Law Co-op Students at FIPA this year. We discuss his experience and work around Bill C-4 Submissions, Leading and Trailing Language with FoIPPA Exemption Clauses, and the CBA Privacy and Access Law Conference.
- 2025 Interprovincial Clause Analysis—frivolous vexatious: https://fipa.bc.ca/rr/clause-analysis-frivolous-vexatious
- Leading Language 2024: https://fipa.bc.ca/leading-language-2024/
- 2024 Foreign Interference Commission: https://fipa.bc.ca/2024-foreign-interference-commission/
- Support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Send comments to FIPAOnline@fipa.bc.ca
Access and Privacy Commentary: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-commentary/
Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-online/
News stories through the Canadian Press and Feedly.
Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
In this segment of our end-of-year discussion, FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woyada, and producer Patrick Farnsworth look ahead to the stories they’re following into the new year.
Tune in to hear the full discussion in the coming weeks.
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Send comments to FIPAOnline@fipa.bc.ca
Access and Privacy Commentary: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-commentary/
Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-online/
News stories through the Canadian Press and Feedly.
Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM
Saturday Dec 27, 2025
Saturday Dec 27, 2025
In this segment of our end-of-year discussion, FIPA researcher Ryan Rutley explains why Part 4 of Bill C-4 is a direct attack on the privacy of Canadians and how his research intersects with FIPA’s call to action.
Tune in to hear the full discussion in the coming weeks.
- UPDATED Call to Action: https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/
- FIPA Bill C-4 Part 4 Dashboard: https://fipa.bc.ca/fipa-bill-c-4-part-4-dashboard/
- Bill C-4 Part 4 line-by-line and brief: https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-part-4-line-by-line-and-brief/
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Send comments to FIPAOnline@fipa.bc.ca
Access and Privacy Commentaries: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-commentary/
Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-online/
News stories through the Canadian Press and Feedly.
Friday Dec 26, 2025
Friday Dec 26, 2025
In this segment of our end-of-year discussion, FIPA researcher Spencer Izen discusses his insights into FOI and operational and administrative record keeping.
Tune in to hear the full discussion in the coming weeks.
- 2025 Access Assessment Preliminary Report https://fipa.bc.ca/aa/preliminary-report-2025/
- Access Regimes: Social Studies of Recordkeeping, Bureaucracy, and Secrecy under Freedom of Information Law: https://osf.io/n2xmu/overview
- BC Broader Public Sector Requests: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/2024-bc-broader-public-sector-requests/
- BC Core Government Requests: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/2024-bc-core-government-requests/
- Access Assessment Release Packages: https://fipa.bc.ca/aa/2025-release-packages/
Reporting
- What’s the ‘black box’ of B.C.’s freedom of information systems? Watchdog study shining light on little-understood process: https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/whats-the-black-box-of-bcs-freedom-of-information-systems-watchdog-study-shining-light-on-little-understood-process/
Support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Send comments to FIPAOnline@fipa.bc.ca
Access and Privacy Commentary: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-commentary/
Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-online/
News stories through the Canadian Press and Feedly.
Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM
Saturday Dec 20, 2025
Saturday Dec 20, 2025
This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, December 20th.
As we close out our final news summary of 2025, this week’s stories bring together a familiar set of themes: how access to information exposes public risk, how governments are reshaping decision-making behind closed doors, and how emerging technologies—from artificial intelligence to biometric surveillance—are testing the limits of privacy law around the world.
We’ll begin with national reporting shaped by access-to-information requests, then move through Local Journalism Initiative stories on accountability, spending, and environmental risk. From there, we turn to growing debates over Canadian AI data centres, before closing with international access-to-information battles and a condensed look at the Trump-era ripple effects across U.S. institutions.
A quick reminder: Bill C-4 is now at first reading in the Senate. It’s not too late to contact committee members or your Member of Parliament. We hope many of our listeners would agree—especially this time of year—political parties shouldn’t be allowed to put Canadians on secret naughty lists. Be sure to follow the show notes to let them know.
Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20251220-access-and-privacy-online
Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2025-season-episode-51
FIPA Bill C-4
- UPDATED Call to Action: https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/
- FIPA Bill C-4 Part 4 Dashboard: https://fipa.bc.ca/fipa-bill-c-4-part-4-dashboard/
- Bill C-4 Part 4 line-by-line and brief: https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-part-4-line-by-line-and-brief/
Support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Send comments to FIPAOnline@fipa.bc.ca
Our Contributors:
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-online/
News stories through the Canadian Press and Feedly.
Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM. ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay
Saturday Dec 13, 2025
Saturday Dec 13, 2025
This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, December 13th.
As we head into the holiday season, it’s another big week for access and privacy. Local Journalism Initiative reporting uncovers serious questions about water safety, council transparency, and digital surveillance at home. Nationally, we’re seeing renewed pressure around the Ring of Fire, critical minerals, and Indigenous consent. Around the world, governments are reshaping whistleblower protections, social media rules for kids, and even how far U.S. presidential power can reach.
We’ll move from Canadian access-to-information stories, through whistleblowers and privacy on campus and in our streets, before turning to international developments, U.S. institutional dynamics, and America’s growing influence on the digital rights of travelers.
Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20251213-access-and-privacy-online
Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2025-season-episode-50
FIPA on Bill C-4
- UPDATED Call to Action https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/
- FIPA Bill C-4 Part 4 Dashboard https://fipa.bc.ca/fipa-bill-c-4-part-4-dashboard/
- Bill C-4 Part 4 line-by-line and brief https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-part-4-line-by-line-and-brief/
Support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Send comments to FIPAOnline@fipa.bc.ca
Our Contributors:
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-online/
News stories through the Canadian Press and Feedly.
Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM. ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
BC Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey returns to Access and Privacy Online to speak with FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woywada, and producer Patrick Farnsworth.
Commissioner Harvey addresses several key subjects, including the BC government's latest report on the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act and concerns that people are losing faith in the FOI system as a means to an end of transparency; the perils of misinformation and loss of public trust; the information ecosystem and the need to balance budgetary concerns and investment; privacy and educational technology; and Canadian data sovereignty.
Support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Send comments to FIPAOnline@fipa.bc.ca
Show notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20251124-bc-oipc-commissioner-michael-harvey
Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-online/
News stories through the Canadian Press and Feedly.
Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM. ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay