All those rules regarding FOIs to the BC Government and are stymied by Cabinet Privilege

201 - COMMITTEES - CABINET

Records relating to the establishment, organization, and functions of Cabinet committees and related deputy ministers’ committees. This primary also includes ministry and agency submissions prepared for Cabinet or its committees, with the exception of Treasury Board.
Records types include correspondence, submissions, draft submissions, supporting documentation, notices, agendas, minutes, records of decision, reports, presentation handouts, and other types of records as indicated under relevant secondaries.
NOTE: The retention period in this primary takes precedence over those in the Special Schedule for Executive Records (102906).
NOTE: Cabinet Operations holds the master versions of Cabinet submissions. It is the policy of Cabinet Operations that ministry copies of Cabinet submissions and draft submissions are to be kept secure to ensure no unauthorized access. Substantial drafts should be kept locked in the deputy minister’s or minister’s office.
Requests from the public under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for information filed under this primary must be referred to your manager of information and privacy who will refer the request to Cabinet Operations.
For Cabinet directives, see secondary 195-02.
For deputy ministers’ committees not related to Cabinet, see secondary 200-20.
For Treasury Board submissions, see primary 1250.
non-OPR NOTE: Offices will retain non-OPR copies of records for SO nil DE

Primary- Secondary	Records Series	OPR
		A	SA	FD
201-00	Policy and procedures FR = Cabinet-related policy and procedures will be fully retained by the government archives because they document ministry/agency-specific policy, procedures, guidelines, and instructions regarding the Cabinet submission process. The records have significant evidential and informational value.	SO	nil	FR
201-01	General	CY+3y	12y	DE
201-02	Cabinet submissions (from other ministries)	SO	nil	DE
201-20	Cabinet committees	CY+3y	12y	DE
201-30	Deputy minister Cabinet-related committees DE = Upon authorization of the Records Officer, cabinet and deputy minister Cabinet-related committee records are eligible for destruction. Records of Cabinet committees and deputy minister Cabinet-related committees are fully retained under the Office of the Premier and Executive Council ORCS (881099).	CY+3y	12y	DE
201-40	Ministry/agency cabinet submissions (includes final drafts of submissions, developmental drafts, correspondence, working papers, and other records leading to the preparation of cabinet submissions by the ministry or agency) FR = The government archives will fully retain Ministry/agency Cabinet submissions because they document the development of information that goes before Cabinet or its committees or that is incorporated into a Cabinet submission or used as the basis for developing a Cabinet submission. The records have significant evidential value. 15y = The retention period ensures that records of the deliberations of the Executive Council or its committees are retained by the ministry or agency until such time as the records no longer qualify as exceptions under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) (RSBC 1996, c. 165, ss. 1 & 2). The retention period takes precedence over those in the special schedule for executive records 102906. FOI: In accordance with FOIPPA, the head of a public body must refuse to disclose to an applicant information that would reveal the substance of deliberations of the Executive Council or any of its committees until the information has been in existence for 15 or more years. This includes advice, recommendations, policy considerations, or draft legislation or regulations submitted or prepared for submission to the Executive Council or any of its committees. NOTE: In the event of a change of government, the records of the previous Executive Council and its committees will be accepted by the central records management agency for semi-active storage immediately and retained with authorized access limitations for a combined total active and semi-active retention period of 15 years, at which time they will be ready for final disposition.

So in 2013...... backtrack here..... in 2001 plus 15 years, makes 2016!  BC Liberals came to power, therefore the records of the Executive Council of the NDP still exist to 2016!   In 2013 the Executive Council records of the BC Liberals will remain intact for a "combined total" until 2028.... I mention all this because I'm getting really curious about what John van Dongen is talking about when it comes to the SALE of BC Rail.

Cabinet Office on 881099 link above

You and I can't look at the documents in storage but...... if someone is granted AUTHORIZED ACCESS RESTRICTIONS, hmmmm.... you mean like the Auditor General rather than a Royal Commission, or both.....