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Freedom homes9/4/2023 I asked if Island Pathways and/or Transition Salt Spring would like to contribute to the bill. Now I have to pay more to find out its dollar value and what the contractor was tasked to do both formally and via official correspondence. Here’s the thing: As a taxpayer, I’ve paid for this report. Hence, I could pay $183, plus further unknown extra costs should they accrue, to see the information. Word came back last week that, yes, the information requested was partially in the public interest, but some work done by public servants for the fulfillment of a publicly funded contract weren’t in the public interest to know. Twice, I’ve sent long letters explaining its interest to the public, with dozens of weblinks to documents and news reports to prove it. The bill for this was estimated to be $610, but with proof of public interest, it could be waived. MoTI posted it online in early May, after which I renewed my request for information on its cost, ToR, and relevant correspondence. MoTI then planned to publish it this coming November, hence I did another FOI request to see it asap, since it was done, just not available. This report was promised last September, but wasn’t completed until 2023 March. I filed one this past January, asking also for the Terms of Reference for the contract and all relevant correspondence - likely just a few e-mails - to get a bit more about instructions, limitations, etc. To find out, in this instance, how much the Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure’s 2023 May “Salt Spring Island Cycing Safety Review” cost to produce, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request is required. The specifics of work given via these sweetheart deals aren’t listed on Bid BC or in Civic Info BC, as is required of all other procurements awarded for goods & services over $10,000. government has added “bulk contracts”, as I call them, to its way of procuring contractors.
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