(NOTE: This electronic version of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner's Annual Report 1996-97 includes corrections for clerical errors that exist in the printed copy.)


Appendix D
Chronological Table of Orders

Orders No. 1-1994 to 157-1997

Order No.Inquiry Regarding
1-94Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations / Public Service Employees Relations Commission (January 11, 1994)
2-94A request for access to Ministry of Social Services records (February 7, 1994)
3-94A request for review by an applicant for access to survey records held by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (February 23, 1994)
4-94A request for access to psychological records held by the B.C. Board of Parole, Ministry of Attorney General (March 1, 1994)
5-94A request for a report from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (March 14, 1994)
6-94A request for a report from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (March 31, 1994)
7-94A request for access to records relating to the performance of abortion services for the Ministry of Health (April 11, 1994)
8-94A request for access to records of the Ministry of Employment and Investment and the Office of the Premier (May 26, 1994)
9-94A request for access to records of the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations (May 26, 1994)
10-94A request for access to records of the Ministry of Social Services (May 27, 1994)
11-94A request for access to records of the Ministry of Health and Dogwood Lodge (June 16, 1994)
12-94A request for access to records of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (June 22, 1994)
13-94A request for access to records of the B.C. Police Commission (June 22, 1994)
14-94A request to review a decision of the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs (June 24, 1994)
15-94A request by the Wellington Insurance Company for access to records of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (July 7, 1994)
16-94A request for access to records of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (July 8, 1994)
17-94A decision to release records of the Ministry of Education (July 11, 1994)
18-94A request for access to records of the Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors (July 21, 1994)
19-94A request for access to records of BC Transit (July 26, 1994)
20-94A request for access to records of the Ministry of Attorney General (August 2, 1994)
21-94A decision to withhold records of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry Responsible for Seniors (August 15, 1994)
22-94A request for access to records of the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia to disclose a record
(September 1, 1994)
23-94A request for access to records of the Criminal Justice Branch of the Ministry of Attorney General (September 16, 1994)
24-94A request for access to records of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry Responsible for Seniors (September 27, 1994)
25-94A request for access to records of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (September 27, 1994)
26-94A request for access to a record of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (October 3, 1994)
27-94A request by The Province for access to suicide records held by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry Responsible for Seniors (October 24, 1994)
28-94A request for access to the identity of the author of a letter to the Motor Vehicle Branch of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways (November 8, 1994)
29-94A request for access to records about Cypress Bowl Recreation Ltd., held by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and the Ministry Responsible for Human Rights and Multiculturalism (November 30, 1994)
30-95A complaint from the Radio and Television News Directors Association of Canada concerning the handling of a request by the Ministry of Attorney General and the search fees that the Ministry proposed to charge (January 12, 1995)
31-95A request for access to records of the Office of the Public Trustee of British Columbia (January 24, 1995)
32-95A request for access to complaint records of the Employment Standards Branch of the Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour (January 26, 1995)
33-95A request for access to the records about the Premier's Council on Native Affairs (February 2, 1995)
34-95A request for access to a record held by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways, being a letter of complaint about the applicant, written by the applicant's neighbour
(February 3, 1995)
35-95A request for records about an adult adoptee held by the Ministry of Social Services (March 27, 1995)
36-95A request for access to the name of a complainant in a record held by the Ministry of Environment, Land and Parks concerning the Saturna Island landfill (March 31, 1995)
37-95A request for access to records held by the Labour Relations Board (The reports of an Industrial Relations Officer about an application for certification of a union) (March 31, 1995)
38-95A request for access to records pertaining to Flora Island held by the Ministry of Attorney General (March 31, 1995)
39-95A request for access to complaint records held by the City of Langley (April 24, 1995)
40-95A request for access to a behavioural investigator's report to the Office of the Chief Coroner on the death of Patient X at the Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre (April 28, 1995)
41-95A request for review of a decision by the Ministry of Social Services not to disclose to the Canada Ports Corporation the date
that a third party commenced employment with the Ministry (May 29, 1995)
42-95A request for access to records held by the Labour Relations Board, consisting of two Industrial Relations Officer's reports and a draft letter (June 9, 1995)
43-95A request for access to a letter from a third party responding to a complaint of the Town of View Royal (June 9, 1995)
44-95A request for review of a decision by the Ministry of Social Services to sever certain information from Family Services records about a child protection matter (June 13, 1995)
45-95A request for review of a decision by BC Transit to release information relating to Custom Transit Service Providers, including Deltassist Community Services Society (June 13, 1995)
46-95A decision by School District 68 (Nanaimo) to release records about severance settlements provided to two former employees (July 5, 1995)
47-95A request for an internal audit report in the custody of the Ministry of Attorney General (July 7, 1995)
48-95A request for access to records of the Ministry of Employment and Investment and the Office of the Premier (July 7, 1995)
(Order 8-1994, May 26, 1994 revisited)
49-95A refusal by the Ministry of Social Services to disclose an adult daughter's personal information to her mother (July 7, 1995)
50-95A decision by the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations to refuse access to records from an internal audit concerning a conflict of interest investigation (September 13, 1995)
51-95An objection raised by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks with respect to the Jurisdiction of the Information and Privacy Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into fees charged by a public body for records available for purchase by the public (September 14, 1995)
52-95A request for competition records held by the Ministry of Government Services (September 15, 1995)
53-95A refusal by the Office of the Public Trustee to disclose information concerning the estate of an applicant's deceased mother (September 18, 1995)
54-95A request for access to records of the Workers' Compensation Board (September 19, 1995)
55-95The City of Vancouver's denial of the New Democrat Government Caucus's request for a fee waiver
(September 20, 1995)
56-95A request by the Cowichan Estuary Preservation Society for environmental test results submitted to the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks by Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited (October 4, 1995)
57-95A request by the Dunbar Residents Association for environmental test results on a Vancouver site submitted to the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks by Chevron Canada Limited (October 4, 1995)
58-95A decision by the Victoria Police Department to sever information and withhold law enforcement records from an applicant (October 12, 1995)
59-95A request by the media to the Vancouver School Board for performance evaluations of the Vancouver School Board Superintendent (October 25, 1995)
60-95A refusal by the Vancouver Police Department to disclose records of registered handgun owners in the City of Vancouver to the Kitsilano News (October 31, 1995)
61-95A refusal by the District of North Vancouver to disclose an interim legal bill about a current court case (November 1, 1995)
62-95A request by a parent for access to records of a Delta School Board meeting relating to disciplinary action against a teacher (November 2, 1995)
63-95A decision by the City of Vancouver to refuse access by the NDP Caucus to all fax, telephone, and cellular telephone logs for three separate time periods (November 21, 1995)
64-95A decision by the City of Vancouver to refuse access by the Kitsilano News to records of long distance telephone calls made to four specified numbers (November 21, 1995)
65-95A decision by the City of Nelson to refuse access by the media to records of long distance telephone calls made from its offices (November 21, 1995)
66-95A request by Almforest Aktiengesellschaft to the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks for the identity of an individual who made a contamination report (November 27, 1995)
67-95A request to the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks for reports of the North Fraser Harbour Commission concerning contamination of a Vancouver site (December 11, 1995)
68-95A refusal by Islands Trust and the Saturna Island Local Trust Committee to grant access to legal opinions concerning section 992 of the Municipal Act (December 12, 1995)
69-95A decision by the District of Squamish to refuse access to the addresses of electors contained in a List of Registered Electors (December 13, 1995)
70-95A request for the release of all records relating to the resignation of the Executive Director of the Nanaimo Regional Hospital (December 14, 1995)
71-95A decision by the Office of the Premier to refuse access to records relating to allegations of sexual harassment against a former Cabinet Minister (December 15, 1995)
72-95A decision to withhold from the Vancouver Province portions of a report concerning document handling and security within the Office of the Premier (December 20, 1995)
73-95A decision by the Ministries of Health and Finance and Corporate Relations to refuse access to computer backup tapes containing deleted e-mail (December 21, 1995)
74-95A request for the release of records by the Legal Services Society concerning amounts paid for the criminal defense of two possible recipients of legal aid (December 22, 1995)
75-96A refusal by the City of Surrey to provide bonus information about two management employees to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 402 (January 4, 1996)
76-96A decision by the Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour to release a severed version of a letter of complaint against Malaspina College, despite the objections of the third party who had written it (January 5, 1996)
77-96A decision by the Town of Smithers to refuse media access to financial statements for the Smithers Ski Corporation
(January 8, 1996)
78-96A decision by the Capital Regional District to refuse access to an investigation report regarding a complaint of harassment in the workplace (January 18, 1996)
79-96A decision by the Vancouver Police Department to require a specific fee for granting access to records (January 19, 1996)
80-96A decision by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia to withhold records relating to the Motor Vehicle Registration database (January 23, 1996)
81-96A decision by the Cowichan Valley Regional District to refuse the media access to records relating to a former employee
(January 25, 1996)
82-96A decision by the Ministry of Social Services to refuse to disclose personal information of a third party (February 9, 1996)
83-96A decision by the Ministry of Health to withhold from a parent a series of interviews concerning a child's daycare
(February 16, 1996)
84-95The adequacy of the Vancouver Police Department's search for an applicant's records (February 22, 1996)
85-96A refusal by the Office of the Premier to disclose Cabinet records related to Roberts Bank and the Boundary Bay area
(February 26, 1996)
86-96A decision by the Ministry of Social Services that a request for personal information did not fall within the scope of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (February 27, 1996)
87-96A third party's request for review of a decision by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways to give an applicant access to two letters that she had written to the Ministry (February 29, 1996)
88-96A request for review of a decision by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways to give partial access to a letter written by a third party (February 29, 1996)
89-96Information sought by an applicant from the Motor Vehicle Branch of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways relating to the medical basis for refusal of a driving licence (March 4, 1996)
90-96A request for a waiver of fees by Vanden Berg and Associates Inc., representing the Penticton and Similkameen Indian Bands, with respect to information held by the Ministry of Employment and Investment (March 8, 1996)
91-96A decision by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks to withhold Digital Map Data from the Western Canada Wilderness Committee (March 11, 1996)
92-96A refusal by BC Hydro to grant access to records on the basis of solicitor-client privilege (March 15, 1996)
93-96A decision by the Office of the Public Trustee to withhold a legal opinion from an applicant (March 19, 1996)
94-96A decision by the Ministry of Social Services to withhold a series of letters (March 20, 1996)
95-96Whether records relating to a subcontractor are under the control of BC Hydro (March 21, 1996)
96-96A decision by the Ministry of Social Services to refuse an applicant access to the institutional records of her deceased sister (April 8, 1996)
97-96A decision by Simon Fraser University to sever information from a report of a Committee of Inquiry (April 18, 1996)
98-96A request for review of the City of Vancouver's denial of a request for a fee waiver (April 19, 1996)
99-96A decision by the British Columbia Securities Commission to sever certain information about third parties from records that an applicant requested (April 22, 1996)
100-96A decision by the Larkin Water Works District to refuse access to water usage records containing personal information about third parties (April 24, 1996)
101-96A decision by BC Hydro to release third party information contained in a record requested by an applicant (May 14, 1996)
102-96A request to BC Hydro for a waiver of fees (May 17, 1996)
103-96The adequacy of the Ministry of Social Services' search for records requested by an applicant (May 23, 1996)
104-96A request by the media to the Ministry of Attorney General concerning information about possible sites for a correctional centre in the Central Okanagan (May 24, 1996)
105-96A request for a list of records concerning the applicant that the Ministry of Social Services provided to the Ministry of Attorney General (May 27, 1996)
106-96A decision by School District No. 31 (Merritt) to refuse an applicant access to records concerning a workplace incident between the applicant and another teacher (May 28, 1996)
107-96A request for access to a lawyer's bill paid by the Risk Management Branch of the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations (May 29, 1996)
108-96A decision of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry Responsible for Seniors to refuse an applicant access to adult forensic psychiatric records (May 30, 1996)
109-96A request for records in the custody of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (June 4, 1996)
110-96Various decisions of the Vancouver School Board with respect to an applicant's access requests (June 5, 1996)
111-96A request by an applicant for access to exit survey responses held by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (June 6, 1996)
112-96A decision of the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations to refuse an applicant access to the records of an audit of the Public Affairs Branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs (July 2, 1996)
113-96A decision of the Cowichan School Board to withhold records relating to the development of a five-year plan for School District No. 65 (Cowichan) (August 19, 1996)
114-96A decision by the School District No. 31 (Merritt) to withhold correspondence written by third parties and responses to that correspondence (August 22, 1996)
115-96A request for access to a school counsellor's notes in School District No. 2 (Cranbrook) (August 23, 1996)
116-96A request for review of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.'s decision to refuse access to records containing information about the accreditation of Everywoman's Health Centre
(August 26, 1996)
117-96A decision of the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital to refuse an applicant access to her hospital records (August 27, 1996)
118-96The adequacy of a search by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways for records responsive to an a applicant's request (August 27, 1996)
119-96A request for records that the Ministry of Social Services provided to the Ministry of Attorney General for purposes of litigation (August 29, 1996)
120-96A request for records in the custody, or under the control, of the British Columbia Council of Human Rights (August 30, 1996)
121-96A decision by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to refuse access to computer backup tapes containing deleted e-mail (September 3, 1996)
122-96A request for a review of the response by the British Columbia Assessment Authority to an applicant's access report
(September 3, 1996)
123-96A media request for access to a consultant's report prepared for the District of Sechelt (September 5, 1996)
124-96The Workers' Compensation Board's application of section 29 of the Act (correction of personal information)
(September 12, 1996)
125-96A decision of the Vancouver Police Department to withhold law enforcement records from an applicant (September 17, 1996)
126-96A media request for access to all records concerning an agreement between the University of British Columbia, Coca-Cola Bottling Ltd., and other third parties (September 17, 1996)
127-96An applicant's request for a review of various decisions made by the City of Vancouver (September 24, 1996)
128-96A request for records related to successful applicants to the Arbitration Development Program of the Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau of the Ministry of Labour (November 5, 1996)
129-96A decision of the Vancouver Police Board to withhold records from an applicant relating to a proceeding under the Police Act (November 8, 1996)
130-96A decision by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks to release environmental consulting reports concerning a site owned by Shell Canada Products Ltd. (November 12, 1996)
131-96An applicant's request for access to records held by the University of British Columbia (November 19, 1996)
132-96A request to the Ministry of Social Services for access to the full birth name of the applicant's deceased father
(November 20, 1996)
133-96A decision of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. to withhold the name of a third party from an applicant
(November 29, 1996)
134-96Decisions of the Vancouver School Board regarding an applicant's requests for records (December 9, 1996)
135-96A decision of the Motor Vehicle Branch of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways to withhold the driving record of a third party from an applicant (December 10, 1996)
136-96The Ministry of Social Service's application of section 29 and the Act (correction of personal information) (December 16, 1996)
137-96In the Matter of certain requests for review between an applicant, the applicant's spouse, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (public body) and In the Matter of a complaint, between the applicant and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (December 17, 1996)
138-96A request for review of a decision by the Ministry of Attorney General to refuse a former employee of its Corrections Branch access to records pertaining to an investigation of workplace harassment (December 18, 1996)
139-96A decision by School District No. 31 (Merritt) to refuse access to records containing information relating to the evaluation dates and academic specialties of Merritt Secondary School Teachers (December 19, 1996)
140-96A decision of the Association of British Columbia Professional Foresters (ABCPF) to withhold records relating to the investigation of complaints about three professional members (December 19, 1996)
141-96A decision of the Vancouver Police Department to sever and withhold records from an applicant relating to a hiring application, and the adequacy of its search for records
(December 20, 1996)
142-97A refusal by the City of Victoria to disclose records to the media related to the choice of a contractor to replace Memorial Arena (January 15, 1997)
143-97A decision of the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations to withhold the name and address of a third party from an applicant for access to records of the British Columbia Gaming Commission (January 16, 1997)
144-97An applicant and a third party's request for a review of decisions made by Greater Vancouver Mental Health Services Society with respect to access to a complaint file (January 17, 1997)
145-97Decisions of the Ministry of Social Services regarding an applicant's request for records relating to sexual abuse investigations (January 27, 1997)
146-97A request for a review of a decision by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to refuse a waiver for fees levied in connection with an access request for employment equity records (January 28, 1997)
147-97A decision by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia to deny a request for a fee waiver (January 29, 1997)
148-97A decision by the Ministry of Education, Skills and Training to deny a fee waiver (January 30, 1997)
149-97Decisions of the Ministry of Attorney General regarding an applicant's requests for records from the Liquor Distribution Branch (January 31, 1997)
150-97The adequacy of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing's search for records requested by an applicant (February 13, 1997)
151-97A Refusal by the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations to provide access to correspondence with a Vancouver law firm (February 14, 1997)
152-97A decision of the Ministry of Attorney General to exclude judges' records from disclosure under section 3(1)(a) of the Act
(March 4, 1997)
153-97A refusal by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists to disclose registration and investigation records (March 11, 1997)
154-97A decision by the Ministry of Forests to deny a request for a fee waiver from an applicant seeking records related to Clayoquot Sound (March 18, 1997)
155-97A decision of the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs to deny, in part, a request for a fee waiver from an applicant seeking records related to Clayoquot Sound (March 18, 1997)
156-97A decision by the City of Surrey to deny a request for a fee waiver based on inability to pay (March 19, 1997)
157-97Decisions of the Ministry of Attorney General to deny a request for a reduction of a fee estimate and a request for a fee waiver (March 20, 1997)


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