ARCS: 292-30 File: FIN-2013-00029 May 17, 2013 Sent via email: 2010goldrush@gmail.

com Dear Bob Mackin: Re: Request for Access to Records Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) I am writing further to your request received by the Ministry of Finance. Your request is for: Contracts between the Province of BC and the Times of India Group, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., their subsidiaries, agents or representatives for the Times of India Film Awards, April 4-6, 2013; The business case, funding proposal, evaluation and approval of Province of BC funding for the Times of India Film Awards. Please find enclosed a copy of the records located in response to your request. Some information has been withheld pursuant to sections 12 (Cabinet and local public body confidences), 13 (Policy advice or recommendations), 17 (Disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body), and 21 (Disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party) of FOIPPA. Copies of these sections of FOIPPA are provided for your reference. A complete copy of FOIPPA is available online at: http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/96165_00 Your file is now closed. These records will be published on the BC Governments Open Information website a minimum of 72 hours after it is released electronically or a minimum of five business days after it has been released by mail in hardcopy. To find out more about Open Information, please access the Open Information website at: http://www.openinfo.gov.bc.ca/ibc/index.page

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Ministry of Citizens Services and Open Government Shared Services BC Information Access Operations Mailing Address: PO Box 9569 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9K1 Website: http://www.gov.bc.ca/citz/iao/ Telephone: 250-387-1321 Fax: 250-387-9843

If you have any questions regarding your request, please contact me at the numbers below. I can also be reached toll-free by calling from Vancouver, 604-660-2421, or from elsewhere in BC, 1800-663-7867 and asking to be transferred to 250-387-6097. You have the right to ask the Information and Privacy Commissioner to review this decision. I have enclosed information on the review and complaint process. Sincerely,

Cheryl FitzSimons
Information Access Analyst Business Team Information Access Operations Logistics and Business Services Ministry of Citizens' Services and Open Government Tel: 250-387-6097 cheryl.fitzsimons@gov.bc.ca

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