British Columbians looking to access records from the provincial government are having to wait longer now than at any point in the last 13 years.
The Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner released its latest report on access to information in B.C. on Wednesday (Jan. 31), examining the period between April 2020 and March 2023. In the final of those years, the office found it took the province an average of 85 business days to respond to a request, the worst average wait time on record.
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