Index of articles about government use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
The BC government has come to use Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) for everything from elected officials and city staff, to lobbyists, and even to Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM).
Some critics have come to refer to the BC NDP as the Non-Disclosure Party.
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Articles:
“Statement from View Royal Mayor Sid Tobias on Bill 15 and Bill 7” “Secrecy, NDAs, and the Collapse of Trust” – CRD Watch Homepage
View Royal Exploring Judicial Review regarding the legality of undemocratic housing legislation from the Province, that overrides Local Government powers. Invites other municipalities to join. – CRD Watch Homepage
The Government of British Columbia had top figures in the most powerful lobbying organization for development and real estate interests in the province, sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) as they advised the Province on adopting mandatory/enforceable targets for municipalities and for other upcoming housing legislation to be able to override local government autonomy. – CRD Watch Homepage
Inside the UDI scandal and why Victoria had to be pushed to cut ties with its own lobbyists, by Arthur McInnis – CRD Watch Homepage
Presentation by Sasha Izard to the Special Committee to Review the Lobbyists Transparency Act – CRD Watch Homepage (Izard presented before MLAs at the committee, on the subject of the governmental practice of having lobbyists sign Non-Disclosure Agreements and spoke of how that violates the spirit of the Lobbyists Transparency Act.)
Grassroots or Astroturfing? A comparison of the Save Our Saanich EO Code of Conduct, and that of the BC Conservatives. – CRD Watch Homepage
The Housing Crisis Playbook: How BC’s Development Lobby Wrote the Province’s Override Laws, by Arthur McInnis – CRD Watch Homepage
The David Eby Confession: Premier Eby talking to the ‘Condo King’ Bob Rennie, finally spilled the beans in front of the camera, on how UDI lobbying played key role in the creation of the Provincial Housing Bills. – CRD Watch Homepage
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) does not know if public bodies, the UBCM, and the Municipal Finance Authority, fall under Freedom of Information legislation. – CRD Watch Homepage
BC Ministry of Housing violated Freedom of Information Legislation: Ministry’s non-responsiveness in delivering its completed FOI results regarding its dealings and communications with a registered lobbying organization (the UDI), was deemed a refusal to comply with the legislation, by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), which subsequently compelled the Ministry to deliver the results after. – CRD Watch Homepage
Documents obtained by Freedom of Information reveal that the Urban Development Institute (UDI) and the Province of BC collaborated on the Housing Supply Act. The Act would lead to Provincially mandated housing targets and advisors being appointed for some municipalities. – CRD Watch Homepage
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