Part 2: The mysterious case of BC Housing’s paid memberships in a registered lobbying organization for real estate and development interests the Urban Development Institute (UDI), and how it revealed that a top BC Housing official was pushing for the crown corporation’s membership renewal in the UDI, while they were also simultaneously a UDI director.
Part 2 reveals the chaotic, confusing and sometimes inconsistent system of BC Housing’s membership payments and tracking of them, something which I consider warrants serious need for immediate reform.
By Sasha Izard
March 26, 2025
In Part 1, I showed not only how Lauren Antifeau Provincial Director, Redevelopment | Development & Asset Strategies at BC Housing was previously the Director of Development of Townline, but that the current Chair of the UDI Pacific Region (aka Lower Mainland) in Vancouver the main branch of the UDI in B.C., is Rick Ilich, the CEO of Townline Homes.
Antifeau, while being the Provincial Director of Redevelopment at BC Housing is also simultaneously a Director of the UDI Capital Region, the southern Vancouver Island branch of the Urban Development Institute (UDI). The UDI is a Provincially registered lobbying organization that offers representation and political influence for its hundreds of paying corporate members companies involved in real estate and development.
Shockingly, Antifeau was also described in communications at BC Housing as revealed by Freedom of Information as BC Housing’s “primary account admin” for the UDI Capital Region, which thanks to Antifeau’s pressing, BC Housing recently renewed its membership in the UDI Capital Region. This was not easy information to come by, it took multiple communications with BC Housing to find that latter information.
Many of the emails focused on seeming anomalies in BC Housing’s tracking and accounting for its memberships in organizations like the UDI and at one point the combined estimated costs of 3 FOIs to BC Housing skyrocketed to over $1700!
For the 2nd part of this article, I will look back through my emails with BC Housing’s Freedom of Information (FOI) department. My apologies if it can get a bit tedious, but I felt compelled to document it, so that it shines a light on this strange episode. It also provides insight into some of the inner workings of BC Housing and the chaotic and downright confusing (even for BC Housing employees) if not headache inducing, nature of its UDI and other membership payments and sometimes inconsistent tracking of them.
Calling in a UDI director simultaneously in a high position in BC Housing to sort some of the confusing membership payments out, as revealed in the communications, simply makes the situation theatre of the absurd in my view.
The idea of all these membership payments from government branches into a lobbying organization is already madness from my perspective, but then the accounting of them gets even crazier, and trying to sort it out is a journey through the looking glass.
This whole area in my view needs to be seriously reformed, and I consider this to be important documentary evidence of that.
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On Nov 14, 2024, I received the following email from BC Housing’s Freedom of Information department FIPPA@bchousing.org:
Your FOI Request to BC Housing (292-30-09324)
Good afternoon Sasha Izard,
Please see the attached response regarding your Freedom of Information request.
Kind Regards,
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I replied:
Hi,
Thank you, but it appears there is something missing.
“p.44 mentions the following membership: Capital Region: Secondary Associate II (11‐49 employees), expiration November 1, 2024.”
Despite that, there is not a receipt nor invoice for that particular membership from Nov 1, 2023-Nov 1 2024, in the FOI response that you just sent.
Do you mind sending those as well, as per the FOI request?
Thank you,
Sasha
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BC Housing FIPPA responded:
Good morning Sasha,
See attached.
Kind regards,
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I responded:
Hi,
I saw that invoice in the FOI, but that is not the invoice/receipt that I asked for.
I asked for the invoice/receipt for BC Assessment’s UDI Capital Region membership dated: ” Nov 1, 2023-Nov 1 2024″
You just sent me an unpaid invoice for Nov 1 2024 to Nov 1, 2025, which is a different date range.
Please sent me the specific invoice/receipt that I’ve requested from Nov 1, 2023-Nov 1 2024.
Thank you,
Sasha
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I responded,
Hi,
Thank you for the invoice. Where is the receipt of payment for it?
Thank you again,
Sasha
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FIPPA responded,
Hi Sasha
Thank you for your patience.
We do not have a receipt of payment for the Renewal Invoice for the Capital Region Chapter: November 1, 2023 – October 31, 2024.
Thank you,
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Hello,
Thank you for your response.
The contents of the FOI response indicate that BC Housing had paid that UDI membership invoice that you sent dated Nov 1, 2023-Oct 31, 2024 as later in the year, there was talk about it expiring, and a new renewal invoice was sent (The one you sent previously Secondary Associate II – Capital Region From Nov 2, 2024 to Nov 1, 2025).
Why would a renewal invoice have been sent, if no membership was active? That it is a renewal invoice is indicated by the following url with the keyword renew in it: “Visit https://udibc.glueup.com/membership/1713518/renew/909198/payment-details/
“You have noted that you “do not have a receipt of payment for the Renewal Invoice” for the Capital Region Chapter: November 1, 2023 – October 31, 2024.”
I think I have found the reason for this lack of payment data in the FOI response (p.45). I copy and pasted the following from it.:
“The caveat with this info is that if folks pay for any memberships directly on p-card without going through the proper process of using TMS for the membership approval and tracking, there is no access to that data.”
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This indicates that this p-card (I’m guessing means payment card?) was likely used to make the payment for the UDI Capital Region membership, as the membership existed, as evinced by the renewal invoice with a renewal that would start on Nov 2, 2024.
The UDI Capital Region membership is not listed along with the other UDI memberships that BC Housing has in that list from HR’s L&L, yet it appears to have been paid for as evinced by the later membership renewal invoice mentioned.
Therefore, if a P-card was used to make the payment, is it possible to get any form of receipt of payment from the transaction with the p-card?
Thank you,
Sasha
P.S., what exactly is a P-card? Also what is TMS?
Thank you for your patience,
Sasha
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On Nov 27, 2024 BC Housing wrote:
Hi Sasha,
BC Housing has no additional records to provide responsive to your request.
Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the BC Housing Privacy Office provides individuals access to records held by BC Housing. However, the Privacy Office is unable to offer any guidance, explanation, or interpretation about the records provided.
If there are additional records you are seeking, the appropriate process would be to submit another FOI request.
Thank you,
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Hi BC Housing,
Do you have the email contact of BC Housing’s finance department?
Thank you,
Sasha
I received no response.
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On December 1, 2024 I subsequently wrote the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC)
Hello OIPC,
I am forwarding you the above dialogue, because I do not believe that BC Housing FIPPA did a complete search, as they did not deliver on the p-card payment information (mentioned in the FOI response), and refused to elaborate on it.
Please investigate,
Sasha Izard
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The OIPC sent an acknowledgement of the complaint:
I subsequently thanked the OIPC for their acknowledgement of the complaint.
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I had also just opened up a second FOI request, as suggested by BC Housing’s FIPPA department if I was to receive the information I was looking for.
I received an acknowledgement of it from BC Housing’s FIPPA department on Dec 4, 2024:
“292-30-11724 Acknowledging your request
Dear Sasha Izard:
Re: Request for Information
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
BC Housing received your request for access to records under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act). Your request is for:
“I would like to see all records of payments for memberships made by BC Housing that were specifically made on p-card between Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024. I would also like to see any records of communications regarding payments for memberships made on p-card during that time period. I would like to add to the FOI request, that I would like to see all communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.”
Thank you for submitting the application fee in the amount of $10.00, received by BC Housing on November 29, 2024.”
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Thank you,
Sasha
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Good afternoon Sasha,
I am writing to follow up on your request for the following:
“I would like to see all records of payments for memberships made by BC Housing that were specifically made on p-card between Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024. I would also like to see any records of communications regarding payments for memberships made on p-card during that time period. I would like to add to the FOI request, that I would like to see all communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.”
We are working on our search strategy, and early indications show that this request may be large and complex enough to attract a fee. I would be grateful for a chance to chat with you about the scope of your request before we develop a fee estimate, and perhaps I can help answer some questions for you.
Are you available for a phone call this afternoon or tomorrow?
I don’t have your phone number, but please respond if you’d like a call.
With thanks,”
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Hi,
I’d prefer to discuss this in writing, rather than discussing on the phone.
The date range is moderate, and that request is quite specific. It is not overly complex.
Thank you,
Sasha
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Good morning Sasha,
Thank you for your response. Of course, I am more than happy to discuss in writing. Below, I will do my best to explain why we are developing a fee estimate.
Your request is for:
- I would like to see all records of payments for memberships made by BC Housing that were specifically made on p-card between Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.
This is complex and adds an administrative burden on our departments. It is simple to return all P-card monthly statements from the time period you are referring to; it’s another thing to have a human review every single one of them and validate which are related to membership payments.
- I would also like to see any records of communications regarding payments for memberships made on p-card during that time period.
This is a search that returns a large amount of ‘false positives,’ and requires, again, a significant amount of search and review time by our departments to produce the records targeted by your search parameters. As you may have found in the records from our initial response, our system(s) for approving and paying memberships were not always as consistent as I would like.
- I would like to add to the FOI request, that I would like to see all communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.
This one is straightforward and I believe it will not require significant search and review time.
I will also provide the following context based on your communications subsequent to our last release of information.
- TMS stands for Talent Management System, and it is the system used by BC Housing to (among other things) track requests for Membership in professional associations. As I noted above, however, it has not always had consistent use for this purpose.
- P-card is a shortened term for “Corporate Purchasing card” and it refers to organization-administered credit cards.
- You also asked about a specific invoice:
You have noted that you “do not have a receipt of payment for the Renewal Invoice” for the Capital Region Chapter: November 1, 2023 – October 31, 2024.”
Based on our review of records, we believe that the receipt of payment does not exist because the membership renewal amount was not paid. BC Housing reached out to UDI who confirmed that they are awaiting payment for this renewal and that the invoice is still outstanding.
It is my goal to assist you to find the records you are seeking, without delay and without obfuscation.
Please consider this to be an invitation to revisit the scope of your request if there are specific records I can help you find. If you would like to proceed with the scope of your request as stated above, I will work with my team to develop an estimate of fees that may be applicable.
Again, please feel free to call me about this request.”
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I responded,
Hi,
Thank you for your helpful response.
“It is simple to return all P-card monthly statements from the time period you are referring to;”
OK, that makes it easier then, you could send me all the P-card monthly statements from the time period, that I’m referring to.
“I would like to see all records of payments for memberships made by BC Housing that were specifically made on p-card between Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.
This is complex and adds an administrative burden on our departments. It is simple to return all P-card monthly statements from the time period you are referring to; it’s another thing to have a human review every single one of them and validate which are related to membership payments.”
I would like a fee estimate for that service and a description of what it is based on.
“As you may have found in the records from our initial response, our system(s) for approving and paying memberships were not always as consistent as I would like.”
Why is that?
“I would like to add to the FOI request, that I would like to see all communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.
This one is straightforward and I believe it will not require significant search and review time.”
That’s great.
“TMS stands for Talent Management System, and it is the system used by BC Housing to (among other things) track requests for Membership in professional associations. As I noted above, however, it has not always had consistent use for this purpose.”
Why has the use for that purpose not been consistent?
“You have noted that you “do not have a receipt of payment for the Renewal Invoice” for the Capital Region Chapter: November 1, 2023 – October 31, 2024.”
Based on our review of records, we believe that the receipt of payment does not exist because the membership renewal amount was not paid.”
You haven’t reviewed the P-card records though, so how could you know if the renewal was paid or not?
Also as the 2024-2025 renewal invoice is a different price for a different membership from the 2023-2024 invoice, it is likely that a different membership was paid for by BC Housing to the UDI between for 2023-2024. In that case, while the invoice already mentioned in your quote may not have been paid, a different membership invoice between BC Housing and the UDI may have been paid over that time period.
“BC Housing reached out to UDI who confirmed that they are awaiting payment for this renewal and that the invoice is still outstanding.”
This is certainly a possibility, however I would not take the UDI’s word for granted, they have not always been accurate with their statements in the past.
As mentioned BC Housing may have paid for an entirely different membership category from the UDI during that period.
Thank you again for your assistance,
Sasha
P.S.
“P-card is a shortened term for “Corporate Purchasing card” and it refers to organization-administered credit cards.”
Why then was corporate purchasing credit card data, not included in the initial FOI response, given that it was under the scope of the FOI?
Thank you again.
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Good afternoon Sasha,
Thank you for your prompt reply.
- You would like to update the scope
We can update the scope of your request. Please respond to confirm this new description:
· All the P-card monthly statements from the time period Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.
· I would also like to see any records of communications regarding payments for memberships made on p-card during that time period.
· I would like to add to the FOI request, that I would like to see all communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.
- We will develop a fee estimate
We will proceed to develop a fee estimate for the entire request as above. The fee estimate will be based on the approximate time that our teams spend on searching for, producing, and preparing the records for disclosure. To be more descriptive, the time for search will include:
- Time spent by BC Housing staff searching for communications (emails) that relate to P-card payments during that time period,
- Time spent by BC Housing staff manually reviewing communications to determine which relate to the scope of your request during the time period,
- Time spent by BC Housing staff producing the records to the Freedom of Information team, and
- Time spent by BC Housing staff preparing the records for disclosure in a releasable format (converting from original file formats), not including any time spent severing information from the record
Our authority to assess fees is established in s.75 of the Act. The first three hours we spend on a request are ‘free’ – they don’t get counted toward the estimate of fees.
75 (1)The head of a public body may require an applicant who makes a request under section 5 to pay to the public body the following:
(b)prescribed fees for the following services:
(i)locating and retrieving the record;
(iii)preparing the record for disclosure, except for time spent severing information from the record;
(iv)shipping and handling the record;
(v)providing a copy of the record.
- You asked: Why is that? / Why has the use for that purpose not been consistent?
Like many organizations, BC Housing’s technical and financial processes are modernizing and evolving over time.
- You asked: Why then was corporate purchasing credit card data, not included in the initial FOI response, given that it was under the scope of the FOI?
The scope for your initial request was not interpreted to include payment instrument data. It’s one of the reasons why I often offer to discuss scope over the phone: with better information about what the purpose of your inquiry is, we can help refine and clarify the scope to target the exact records you are seeking.
Documents showing the expiration dates of BC Housing’s Urban Development Institute (UDI) memberships.
Please also show documents, revealing the initial dates of purchase of the various BC housing UDI memberships and the last purchased memberships and their expiration dates.
Also please show any documents showing any plans to renew the membership(s), if they exist.
A final comment about the records you’re seeking…
You mentioned that there may be a difference in our/UDI’s understanding of the final outcome of the 2023-2024 invoice for the Capital Region Chapter. The FOI process is designed to give the right of access to records, not interpretation.
Although I am limited in my ability to comment on or interpret the records for you, I will do my best to be transparent about what we have and to help you guide the search for what you’re looking for.
All the best,
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I replied:
Regarding scope:
Would there be a difference in cost, if this scope was updated to include: ” All the P-card monthly statements from the time period Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.?”
Previously you said that would be simple, and it may be a prerequisite for the other work.
This should be included in the scope:
that I would like to see all communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.
Please disclude the following:
I would also like to see any records of communications regarding payments for memberships made on p-card during that time period.
Seeing, as you already described what a p-card is: In order to vastly keep the scope limited, please look for communications regarding payments made specifically to the UDI on p-card during that time frame, instead of communications regarding payments for memberships in general made on p-card during that time frame.
That should bring a fee estimate down considerably, if not qualify under the fee that I have already paid to BC Housing for this FOI request.
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- You asked: Why is that? / Why has the use for that purpose not been consistent?
Like many organizations, BC Housing’s technical and financial processes are modernizing and evolving over time.”
That doesn’t explain why BC Housing’s current financial processes are being inconsistent in regard to membership payment and tracking. Why is that?
- You asked: Why then was corporate purchasing credit card data, not included in the initial FOI response, given that it was under the scope of the FOI?
The scope for your initial request was not interpreted to include payment instrument data.”
The initial FOI request did not ask about payment instrument data, it asked about payment data. Why was payment data regarding BC Housing’s UDI membership purchases from corporate purchasing credit cards, not included in the initial FOI response?
The payment data would have been under this scope:
“Please also show documents, revealing the initial dates of purchase of the various BC housing UDI memberships and the last purchased memberships and their expiration dates.”
Thank you again for your assistance in my request,
Sasha
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Hi again Sasha,
Yes, we can develop a fee estimate that provides the difference in cost for the two scope items:
- All the P-card monthly statements from the time period Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.
- All communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.
Newly excluded from scope:
- Any records of communications regarding payments for memberships made on p-card during that time period.
You refer below to the scope of your previous request, which was not interpreted to include payment card data. Instead, our response to that request focused on Invoices because they include the date of purchase and expiration date of the membership, which are not reflected in payment card data.
I believe your interest in this information can be resolved by the fact that it is now included in our current scope (“all the p-card monthly statements…”).
Does that approach work for you?
With thanks,
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I replied:
Yes, that would be helpful.
I would like to include in the scope:
1. All p-card data related to payments made to the urban development institute during that time frame.
2. All records regarding BC Housing’s UDI memberships from the period Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.
“Instead, our response to that request focused on Invoices because they include the date of purchase and expiration date of the membership, which are not reflected in payment card data.”
How can date of purchase not be included in corporate purchasing credit card purchase data?
Also please answer question 2:
That doesn’t explain why BC Housing’s current financial processes are being inconsistent in regard to membership payment and tracking. Why is that?
Thank you again,
Sasha
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Good afternoon Sasha,
You asked:
- How can date of purchase not be included in corporate purchasing credit card purchase data?
Apologies if I was unclear. Payment card data includes the date of purchase but does not include last purchased memberships and their expiration dates. For this reason, your initial request was interpreted not to include payment card data. Our search instead focused on Invoice records because they are representative of the data elements you mentioned.
As I mentioned below, I believe the solution can be found by including payment card data in your current scope, which you have done.
- That doesn’t explain why BC Housing’s current financial processes are being inconsistent in regard to membership payment and tracking. Why is that?
I will reiterate that I cannot interpret the records for you, but I will further add that nothing in our response has stated that BC Housing’s current financial processes are being inconsistent in regard to membership payment and tracking.
As I mentioned, BC Housing’s technical and financial processes are modernizing and evolving over time. During the time period you are seeking, BC Housing centralized its process for using TMS as the means for tracking and approving requests for Membership payments, meaning that the TMS system is not a consistent record of all approvals for the entirety of that time period.
Importantly, the payment method (P-card) remained the same. For that reason, and from what I understand about your search interest, I believe your updated scope will return the records you are looking for.
The Freedom of Information process is designed to grant the right of access to information in records held by public bodies. I ask that our conversation remain focused on what records I can provide for you.
Here is what I understand your updated scope to be:
- All the P-card monthly statements from the time period Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.
- All P-card data related to payments made to the urban development institute during that time frame.
- All communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.
- All records regarding BC Housing’s UDI memberships during that time frame.
Please reply to this email to confirm your intended scope and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible with a fee estimate, if one applies.
With thanks,
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Hello,
Thank you, that is helpful.
Yes.
There are two possible intended scopes for fee estimation:
1.
All the P-card monthly statements from the time period Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.
All P-card data related to payments made to the urban development institute during that time frame.
All communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.
All records regarding BC Housing’s UDI memberships during that time frame.
2.
All P-card data related to payments made to the urban development institute during the time period Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.
All communications regarding payments made to the urban development institute on p-card during that time frame.
All records regarding BC Housing’s UDI memberships during that time frame.
Thank you,
Sasha
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Thank you, Sasha. We will work to develop the fee estimate based on the scopes below.
Kind regards,
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Thank you, keep in mind, I’ve already paid twice for information that should have been included in the first FOI response (the corporate credit card purchasing dates).
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RE: Estimate of fees for your information request 292-30-11724
Good afternoon Sasha,
Please find the attached estimate of fees for your information request 292-30-11724.
You will find that this fee estimate includes the two possible scopes that you requested. Additionally, in consideration of our communications subsequent to your last FOI request, I am exercising my ability to waive the $10 application fee that you submitted to us for this request and will use it to reduce the total cost of your request. You can see this reflected in the calculations for both estimates.
As per section 7(4) of the Act, the request is on hold from the date of this letter to the end of the day one of the following occurs:
a) BC Housing excuses you from paying all of the fees under section 75(5);
b) BC Housing excuses you from paying part of the fees under section 75(5), and you agree to pay the remainder of the fees and any deposit we require;
c) You agree to pay the fees set out in this estimate and pay the deposit required.
Along with the deposit amount, I also need you to confirm in writing what your final scope will be. You can reply to this email to let us know.
With thanks,
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I replied:
Hello,
I will revise my scope to ask for a single record. The $10 fee that I have now paid twice, should cover it:
I want to see the p-card record of the purchase of BC Housing’s membership with the Urban Development Institute Capital Region.
As from the data I have previously been provided, it has become apparent that this purchase took place sometime during the time frame: Jan 1, 2023 to Nov 27, 2024.
Thank you,
Sasha Izard
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Thank you, Sasha.
I have updated the scope of your FOI request and am pleased to be able to respond today.
Since your request, our Finance department has been further tracking down information related to the 2023-2024 membership renewal. They confirmed that proof of payment has not been found, but rather that we were past due on this renewal payment. This has now been rectified and as you can see, the payment is underway.
Although the attached records are technically out of the scope of your request, I believe they will contain the answers you are looking for.
If you have any further questions about your request, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Kind regards,
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I’ll pause here to mention that the 17 page response to 2nd FOI request that I had made to BC Housing was interesting. I will post it but I won’t post it in full here, because this dialogue was massive already for one part of an article. I will post about it in the next part to the article.
The # of the FOI response is 292-30-11724
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I replied:
Thank you those records are very helpful:
“Payment of this year’s 2024-25 membership was made in late October (due in November).”
Where is the receipt of that payment?
Thank you again,
Sasha
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And then something that had been missing, almost magically it seemed, appeared out of the air:
FIPPA replied:
Good afternoon Sasha,
Please find the attached records we have for payment of the 2024-2025 membership year.
Our Finance department indicates that we have not received a Receipt from UDI for this payment, but that that is not unusual for many of our vendors or professional associations: We don’t typically get receipts from vendors, but I will ask right now UDI if they can kindly provide this once they receive payment on their end.
Instead, I attach a screenshot of the payment from the BC Housing system. Hoping this meets your needs.
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Yes, that right there was finally proof of payment of the last BC Housing UDI Capital Region membership renewal, the one that the UDI Capital Region Director/simultaneous high ranking BC Housing employee Lauren Antifeau had pressed to get paid as revealed by the communications in the previous FOI response.
It took immense efforts and communications to finally get this.
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I replied:
Hi,
Thank you,
That is helpful. I would like to see a receipt if it arrives. There should be a receipt for it.
What was the payment method? e.g. was it made on p-card, or through a different system?
Thank you again,
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They replied:
Good morning Sasha,
In the spirit of assisting, yes, I will follow up to provide the receipt if we receive one from UDI. Since we are now in the pre-holiday stretch of December, I can’t estimate how soon we will have a positive or negative response to that request. I should add that we don’t typically receive or require a receipt from vendors in these circumstances; for our accounting records, the invoice and captured transaction (sent to you) are considered sufficient.
For further requests…
Sasha, in our responses to you, we have accommodated your information requests above and beyond your stated scope and our duty to assist under the Act. I must respect the time and resources of our FOI team and our other business areas that are involved in seeking and providing information and answers for you. I ask that you also consider that impact on a public body whose mission serves people in need across B.C.
For additional records requests, you may formally submit another Freedom of Information request.
As I mentioned, I will remain in touch about the receipt you have requested for the 2024-2025 invoice payment.
Kind regards, and best wishes for the holiday season,
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I replied: Thank you.
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There were still some loose ends that I considered needed sorting out though.
Hi,
I just looked at this paragraph again:
“Since your request, our Finance department has been further tracking down information related to the 2023-2024 membership renewal. They confirmed that proof of payment has not been found, but rather that we were past due on this renewal payment. This has now been rectified and as you can see, the payment is underway.”
I don’t see the payment being underway for the 2023-2024 invoice in the response. Where does it say that? I know that the 2024-2025 invoice was paid from the payment voucher that I was provided dated to Nov 28, 2024.
Thank you again,
Sasha
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I continued:
OK, I see this mentioned in another FOI document regarding to a corresponding membership shown in another document regarding this invoice:
Was there a UDI Secondary Associate II – Capital Region membership also in 2023-2024?
The reason I ask is that this membership (now paid on Nov 28th) appears to have been a renewal (see below). So presumably there was an earlier Secondary Associate II membership in the Capital Region.
Thank you again,
Sasha
P.S. I know that the Secondary Associate II Capital Region membership existed, because of the following from p.44 of FOI 292-30-9324 :
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Conclusion:
Once again, I apologize for what may seem like excessive detail, but it is important to document this whole convoluted system of membership payments and the incredible difficulty in sorting it out, that led however to smoking evidence for some pretty stark ‘potential’ conflict of interest between BC Housing and the development lobby.
This was the proof of payment for a UDI Capital Region membership (Nov 2, 2024-Nov 1, 2025) by BC Housing that had been pressed for by a top BC Housing employee, who is also simultaneously a director of the UDI Capital Region.
The mystery didn’t end there though. One of the key things missing was the previous UDI Capital Region Secondary Associate II membership that was said in BC Housing communications to expire on Nov 1, 2024 prior to the membership renewal that eventually took place after and which I received confirmation of in the 2nd FOI response.
This mysterious 2023-2024 UDI Capital Region Secondary Associate II membership mentioned is still missing.
Was the UDI bluffing and trying to pull the wool over BC Housing’s eyes that there was a UDI Capital Region Secondary Associate II membership that needed renewing, and with BC Housing ultimately paying for the ‘renewal’, significantly increasing the amount it was previously paying to the UDI Capital Region in the form of a previous much less expensive “Corresponding Membership”? This is a very likely scenario, as the last corresponding membership was dated November 1, 2023 to Oct 31, 2024.
It also begs the question: If the 2023-2024 UDI Capital Region Secondary Associate II membership, which was mentioned in the BC Housing communications, cannot be found, was evidence for it destroyed, or suppressed?
The story will continue in Part 3.
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See also:
Index of Crown Corporations and Statutory Entities that have acted evasively about their UDI memberships. – CRD Watch Homepage
CRD Watch Homepage 
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