The Environmental Law Centre asked British Columbia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham to “investigate and report on the apparent breach” of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act by the B.C. government, The Globe and Mail reports. In the formal complaint filed by the ELC, the government failed to disclose “vital health information about a tainted drinking-water aquifer,” the report states. While a government spokesman contended that they had indeed provided the requested information in a “timely manner,” ELC Legal Director Calvin Sanborn said that their organization didn’t receive all the necessary data and was initially asked to pay for the information. Representatives from the Interior Health Authority said they were “examining the request,” the report states.
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