British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has expressed concerns over four pieces of provincial legislation because of potential conflicts with personal privacy and government transparency, The Victoria Times Colonist reports. In letters sent to provincial ministers, Denham has asked the government to withdraw the Emergency Intervention Disclosure Act and is asking lawmakers to alter a law on pharmaceutical drug prices because it gives the health minister too much authority over personal information disclosures; the Coastal Ferry Act because it's a "step backward" for transparency, and the Animal Health Act because it compromises freedom of information legislation, the report states. 
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