B.C. Freedom Of Information And Privacy Association

B.C. Supreme Court Dept: The B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association filed a freedom-of-information request for the contract after it was signed in December 2004, setting off a complex battle that spanned the careers of two premiers and nearly outlasted the agreement itself, according to Winnipeg Free Press. It suffered its latest loss last month when the B.C. Supreme Court upheld an order that the document must be released. Rather than appeal, the government posted the full, 535-page version of the agreement to its website this week and vANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has begrudgingly released the unredacted version of a $300-million technology contract with IBM after spending more than $200,000 over nearly a decade fighting to keep the document hidden from the public. The Liberal government, which argued releasing the contract that covers computer support services would put the province's information systems at risk. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.