B.C.’s Attorney – General office wants $7,500.00 for the transcript of Topham Trial

darkbeaver

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B.C.’s Attorney – General office wants $7,500.00 for the transcript of Topham Trial By RadicalPress.com




Dear Mr. Topham: Further to your request for an estimate for the preparation of transcripts regarding the above noted matter and based solely upon information we’ve received from the Quesnel Court Registry, the estimate for the proceedings heard the dates listed below, is as follows: Normal delivery (within 20 business days): $7,500.00. Expedited delivery (within 3 business days): $9,000.00. If you wish to proceed with this order, we will require payment in advance.

 

darkbeaver

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Publishing rights?

Whatever they call it. Looks like obstruction of the public right to information that the public already paid for. It's not like someone had to type it out because they mention a digital file was included for that price. I don't like the barrier to full appreciation of the matter. It should be a dollar and a half plus postage.
 

taxslave

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Just looking after taxpayer's interests. When wing nuts want to get access to information from a trial for no good reason they can help finance the cost of the trials.
 

Cliffy

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Just looking after taxpayer's interests. When wing nuts want to get access to information from a trial for no good reason they can help finance the cost of the trials.
It was his trial. Do you ever read before you type? The government initiated proceedings against him, caused him 7 or 8 years of financial hardship and now they want to charge him for information from his trial. That is BS.
 

personal touch

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court documents are right up my avenue of expertise,unfortunately tonights not the night for such a long discussion.placed simply this paying for court documets has evolved,i had great interest in time lining this evolution,and of course this "acess"to information"had designers,acts and legislation to support this evolution.
games people play.
if i worked with the right lawyers,we could have so much fun with this design of pay for public information.
the public should ask what is public information,particularly within wrongful convictions.
if you have the money,you get the information,if you don't have the money,no information for you.
 

FiveParadox

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He should apply for a review of the Attorney General's decision, as the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has the authority to "confirm, excuse, or reduce a fee, or order a refund, in the appropriate circumstances" (section 58(3)(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165).

The BC Liberals have demonstrated a reckless disregard for the information access rights of British Columbians. This is only a tiny example, and is probably just symptomatic of the broader problem, demonstrated in the recent past by the scandalous "triple-deletion" of email messages by the office of The Honourable Christy Clark MLA, Premier. Perhaps a broader inquiry into the scandal of information access, and appropriate records retention and destruction, is overdue.
 

personal touch

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He should apply for a review of the Attorney General's decision, as the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has the authority to "confirm, excuse, or reduce a fee, or order a refund, in the appropriate circumstances" (section 58(3)(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165).

The BC Liberals have demonstrated a reckless disregard for the information access rights of British Columbians. This is only a tiny example, and is probably just symptomatic of the broader problem, demonstrated in the recent past by the scandalous "triple-deletion" of email messages by the office of The Honourable Christy Clark MLA, Premier. Perhaps a broader inquiry into the scandal of information access, and appropriate records retention and destruction, is overdue.
if you think B.C. has problems,you should experience Alberta.
as a matter of fact,i did some information audiiting of the access to information and the administered process which accompanies this access.
forget the privacy commissioners office,USELESS.
usually they are,("Commissiners),are polticially affilated and have limited regulatory clout,(which suits them fine),they have no influence over the public informaiton process,and serve minimal contribution to public good,and tend to waiver on the influences of partisan politics.
It has become a game,a game which enforces recipical agreements.
Canadians were duped into believing the implementation privacy acts were their salvation to transparent government,
but in fact the use of this act became the opposite,the administration of these acts became catalysts and enablers for organized corruption.
"valu added" the old stock calls it,
retention of records are you joking?part of the limited access is the process and the costs itself.
it is an act that should be dismantled,right to the core.

He should apply for a review of the Attorney General's decision, as the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has the authority to "confirm, excuse, or reduce a fee, or order a refund, in the appropriate circumstances" (section 58(3)(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165).

The BC Liberals have demonstrated a reckless disregard for the information access rights of British Columbians. This is only a tiny example, and is probably just symptomatic of the broader problem, demonstrated in the recent past by the scandalous "triple-deletion" of email messages by the office of The Honourable Christy Clark MLA, Premier. Perhaps a broader inquiry into the scandal of information access, and appropriate records retention and destruction, is overdue.
the review of the attorney general's office is another big "funning" in the administered process,but then again,if you want to have some fun yourself with the information process this may be a good time to make hay,
i should ask for a review of the limited access to information in the design of the Mayerthorpe 4 inquest,why was there limited information provided in some areas of management decisons,
i think this would be a great review to agitate some information,i know the answers all ready,so my expectations would be minimal,maybe the attorney general office will take considerations into future designs of rcmp killed in the line of duty.
what do you think?