Description: A legal blog about the law of information by Dan Michaluk of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
A legal blog about the law of information by Dan Michaluk of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
On April 24th, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia held that section 96(1) of the British Columbia C hild, Family and Community Service Act infringes the Charter right against unreasonable search and seizure.
Section 96(1) gives British Columbia directors of child protection a right of access to information in the custody or control of public bodies, including health care bodies. Although for child protection purposes in the main, section 96(1) is worded broadly as follows: