For an example of this, this proactive disclosure of lobbying done by Uber with this government.
Scroll through and see how many pages were "Withheld pursuant to/removed as s.13"
docs.openinfo.gov.bc.ca/Response_Pac...
For examples, here are 2 I monitor. I predict COV will absolutely move their proactive disclosures behind a paywall.
Meanwhile, the info has been gathered, all work has been done, but now fees.
vancouver.ca/your-governm...
www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/search?i...
One of the biggest issues is Section 21 of Bill 9, which would allow public bodies to charge a fee for what are known as "Proactive Disclosures" - these are FOIs others have filed and received responses for and have been available for free.
www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentar...
And fwiw, the Governor's office is ignoring media requests as to whether they knew of this data collection and whether it was directed by the Governor or just the actions of a rogue AG on the other side of the aisle.
Not a good luck, should be an easy denial if so.
Absolutely. I'm really curious if we will ever find any information out. Kansas has dreadfully poor privacy and FOI laws - perhaps something will come out in the legal case.
We don't know much about how this data was collected but it looks like a big story if it ever breaks.
Justin Brake reports from Vancouver, where press freedom in Canada is having its day in court in Bracken/Narwhal v. RCMP.
“The man, whose tie is fastened to his shirt with a small golden pin in the shape of handcuffs, sits down two rows directly in front of me…”
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We don't know the specifics but we know they dug deep to make that list.
They included people who had never changed their gender marker. They somehow added intersex people who had never changed anything, suggesting health records were scoured.
Privacy is critical.
And it's not just FOIs - what is being amended is The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Recently in Kansas, we saw how privacy is one of the biggest issues for trans people as their government created a list of trans people.
And when the BC Conservatives come into power and are whipped into a vote for ending care and human rights for trans people, we will also be denied access to the documents that predict how many trans people are expected to end their lives and why the decision was made to eliminate us.
![The first area was in policy advice. Policy advice can be divided into several categories. Most of us, over the years, have seen briefing notes. You have the topic, you have background, you have discussion, you have options.
In some decisions that’ll go down in history as the steps towards everything becoming advice, the factual background in a briefing note was treated as advice. The options were treated as advice under the idea that, well, a gifted public servant picked out some options, so he’s giving or she’s giving, they’re giving advice on the options.
Well, that’s balderdash. That is not what was intended and it was made very clear, in the development of the legislation, to everybody involved, that was not the intention. The document that related to the legislation that was introduced said: “For the purposes of the act, advice or recommendations refers to the submission of a suggested course of action, which will ultimately be accepted or rejected by its recipient during a deliberative process. Advice must contain more than mere information.”
[3:20 p.m.]
That was the interpretation of the section that was provided to all public servants across government. That is the basis on which government operated until the Commissioner broadened it, and broadened it in a manner that is inconsistent with the same language in Ontario. Now, I’m not trying to](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yms2i3olv45jl2zkehswfsod/bafkreickpf5zuuxejsi3dfhqm6rnbqie27vphgrnjvd3cawo7lrftzxtuu)
The first area was in policy advice. Policy advice can be divided into several categories. Most of us, over the years, have seen briefing notes. You have the topic, you have background, you have discussion, you have options. In some decisions that’ll go down in history as the steps towards everything becoming advice, the factual background in a briefing note was treated as advice. The options were treated as advice under the idea that, well, a gifted public servant picked out some options, so he’s giving or she’s giving, they’re giving advice on the options. Well, that’s balderdash. That is not what was intended and it was made very clear, in the development of the legislation, to everybody involved, that was not the intention. The document that related to the legislation that was introduced said: “For the purposes of the act, advice or recommendations refers to the submission of a suggested course of action, which will ultimately be accepted or rejected by its recipient during a deliberative process. Advice must contain more than mere information.” [3:20 p.m.] That was the interpretation of the section that was provided to all public servants across government. That is the basis on which government operated until the Commissioner broadened it, and broadened it in a manner that is inconsistent with the same language in Ontario. Now, I’m not trying to
BC is ending referrals to the place that covered postoperative bottom surgery lodging at the end of the month.
We will likely never see anything like an equity impact assessment for that decision as it will be denied by s.13 FIPPA "Policy advice or recommendations" - it wasn't in the past.
If we ignore Bill 9 entirely, the (weakened) status quo means that the work being done by UK trans people in accessing public records about their trans youth care ban would simply not be possible in BC.
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Today, MLA Botterell made a great, in depth speech about the history of Freedom of Information law in BC and how it has evolved.
Video not yet up at the Hansard site, but should be within an hour or so. Time in the video will be 2:50pm
www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-cont...
Hope the crew made it out, that looks rather bad.
Also this is (at least) the second time she has invoked the Notwithstanding Clause, etc in a bill
At least if we go by what she released on X because this October 2025 bill failed first reading and isn't in the record.
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Also "Pursuant to Standing Order 27A(5), the member for Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream is moved to the bottom of the list of precedents for consideration of private members’ business."
But we will likely see an Armstrong Thursday bill attempt tomorrow anyway. Then possibly 1 the week of March 30th
Speaker’s Statement The Speaker: Hon. members, as the House is aware, following the introduction, first reading and printing of a private member’s bill, the Chair undertakes an examination of each clause of the bill to ensure its procedural admissibility. On Thursday, March 5, the member for Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream introduced Bill M235 intituled, Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act. Clause 13 of the bill invokes section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, commonly called the notwithstanding clause. The Chair will remind the House that Standing Order 76 provides: “Any bill affecting the constitution must be introduced by a member of the government or with the sanction of the government.” As noted in previous rulings by the Chair, this applies to private members’ bills as well. That touches upon the Provincial Constitution Act as well as the Constitution Act, 1867 or the Constitution Act, 1982, being Canada’s constitution. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is entrenched in the Constitution Act, 1982. A private members’ bill that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause therefore offends Standing Order 76. In consideration of the above, it is the ruling of the Chair that Bill M235 is not in order. As such, the bill will be removed from the order paper. Pursuant to Standing Order 27A(5), the member for Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream is moved to the bottom of the list of precedents for consideration of private members’ business.
MLA Armstrong's BILL M 235 “Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act” violates Standing Order 76 so has been removed from the order paper (the bill "dies")
www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-cont...
Muhammad Saeed Al-Sahhaf - Iraq Information Minister who denied US invasion
This will turn into how it's a good thing for "a legislature to encourage citizens to appreciate their pregnancy" very quickly.
Not much of an update today in the Muskett case. Defense counsel received some more disclosures this week, next appearance April 8th, 9:30am.
From the start, Webber – a trans man who was assigned female at birth, and thus a member of a protected class under the law – received glowing performance reviews, according to the complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. However, it says, on May 1, things suddenly changed. For no apparent reason, Webber, who is a member of a protected class under the law, was “repeatedly called off from scheduled shifts by management,” the complaint goes on.
And it appears they were so giddy about getting this out there, this piece is either an AI slop summary or they didn't even put it through an edit.
Best he can do is send state police to violently break up any protests of Chilli's
In addition to what others have said, there is always some kind of hierarchy which places them as "better than" other trans people based on a variety of things
Like "I'm more trans because my doctor who assessed me doesn't do informed consent" or "No pills, I inject E"
It's inherently toxic.
I spent the last week writing up this essay on what it means to be trans in this moment. What it means to live under authoritarianism as the scapegoated minority of the moment and how it feels inescapable as an infinite loop.
www.thedissident.news/exit-conditi...
They succeeded at getting medical records in numerous US states and have obtained more information from pharmacies. It's a privacy nightmare.
Or they lied and put long calls in...
It takes relatively little to go from a 90 to a 30 and that is an emergency, while going to a 200 isn't as much of one.
Glyburide, etc can drop you, but that's the 2nd or 3rd stage of meds. Add in hard alcohol, intense exercise, insulin, etc and you can get to a bad place very quickly.
So the actual values are lower since the CGM is reading interstitial fluid that is ~10 minutes behind the actual blood sugar level.
Yeah, some of the insulin secretagogues can also push you into a low but usually not that bad. Which generally make your insulin resistance worse, fun fun.
Waking up to the alarm and seeing it crash to 30ish freedom units by the time you get to the kitchen is really something.
And CGMs are delayed
And absolutely record that conversation.
Never mind a CGM going off with the "You're going to be dead or close to it in under an hour if you don't get glucose" alarm when your brain stops working and your body is like "maybe we should take the final dump right now"
Yeah, you're going for sugar then.
