• The Tyee, Friday, August 2, 2013 1:03 PM

British Columbia's Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham did found that liberals in British Columbia did not do anything wrong when they were collecting data for marketing purposes. In her report on the case, she expressed disapproval for the idea suggested by a former cabinet minister who suggested that politicians use non-government email to avoid Freedom of Information. "I am particularly troubled by a comment from Minister John Yap in the Dyble Report regarding the use of personal email," she wrote in her ruling. "In response to a question from government investigators as to why (Brian) Bonney, his former Communications Director, was routinely using personal email for his correspondence, Minister Yap responded that it was to avoid freedom of information legislation. I am concerned that this demonstrates an acceptance and familiarity within government of the practice of evading freedom of information requests."

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