Introduction

This paper provides an overview of disclosure practices for public private partnerships, and is based on an approach developed and adopted by Partnerships BC in 2005 and updated in 2010.

This paper covers legislative (Province of British Columbia) and non-legislative disclosure related to project plans and procurement-related documents and activities. These guidelines deal with discretionary release of information, and not responses under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) or disclosure otherwise required by law, such as by Sections 8 and 14 of the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act (BTAA). These guidelines have been developed, however, with an attempt to be consistent with both the application of FOIPPA and the BTAA.