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november 28, 2012 llle: 292-30\C11291

8ob Mackln
8uslness ln vancouver/CknW
SLn1 vlA LMAlL

uear Mr. Mackln:

!"#$ !"##$%&'%(')*(%"&+,-%*'+*$'."%,#/,-%*'%('."-0+/1'2/,$%&'"$()&*'
$ !"+,"-&$./0$())"--$&/$!")/01-$ $ $ $$

l am wrlLlng furLher Lo your requesL for access Lo records recelved by aclflc Carbon 1rusL on
CcLober 19, 2012. ?our requesL ls for:

A llsL of all aclflc Carbon 1rusL suppllers and conLracLors, $23,000 and up, for
Lhe 2011 and 2012 flscal years, lncludlng Lhe names of Lhe suppllers and
conLracLors and Lhe dollar amounLs of Lhe paymenLs.

lease flnd enclosed a copy of Lhe records locaLed ln response Lo your requesL. Some
lnformaLlon has been wlLhheld as requlred or permlLLed by Lhe AcL. lnformaLlon has been
wlLhheld under secLlon 17 of Lhe AcL as dlsclosure would harm Lhe flnanclal lnLeresLs of C1!""
lnformaLlon sub[ecL Lo sollclLor-cllenL prlvllege has been wlLhheld under secLlon 14 of Lhe AcL.
As well, lnformaLlon ouLslde of Lhe scope of Lhe AcL has been wlLhheld under secLlon 3 of Lhe
AcL. We have marked on Lhe records Lhe secLlons of Lhe AcL under whlch lnformaLlon have
been wlLhheld.""AddlLlonal lnformaLlon regardlng Lhese secLlons of Lhe AcL can be found aL
www.bclaws.ca/LLlbrarles/bclaws_new/documenL/lu/freeslde/96163_00.
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1he lnformaLlon wlLhheld lncludes Lhe amounLs pald Lo suppllers for Lhe purchase of carbon
offseLs. C1 acqulres offseLs ln a compeLlLlve bld process, and prlce ls one of Lhe key facLors ln
Lhe evaluaLlon of blds. 1he prlces varles, ulLlmaLely Lhe prlce pald for offseLs ls dependenL on
Lhe prlce bld ln by Lhe pro[ecL proponenLs and Lhe evaluaLlon crlLerla used ln awardlng
conLracLs. As for lndlvldual pro[ecLs, for compeLlLlve and conLracLual reasons, we do noL
provlde prlclng lnformaLlon on lndlvldual pro[ecLs.

1hls now compleLes your requesL. lf you have quesLlons abouL Lhls response, please conLacL us
aL lCl.C1[paclflccarbonLrusL.com. ?ou have Lhe rlghL Lo ask Lhe lnformaLlon and rlvacy
Commlssloner Lo revlew Lhls declslon.
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lease see enclosure for furLher lnformaLlon on Lhe revlew and complalnL process.

?ours Lruly,
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Shella urdy
AssoclaLe, LxecuLlve CperaLlons

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General

Info withheld under sec 14 of FOIPPA




Offsets


General
3,230,152
722,347
International Forest Products Limited
Offsetters Clean Technology
Great Bear Initiative
Blue Source
Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership
Encana Corporation
44,865
Workplace Technology Services 104,199
BC Public Service Agency 44,241
57,959
Office of the Auditor General ----
Strategic and Corporate Policy
Graphic Office 123,967
238,210
86,080
40,000
OA Solutions 27,211
Price Waterhouse Coopers 85,918
---- ----
----
26,735
27,000
----
Det Norske Veritas Certification Inc.
----
ARES
Laura Ballance Media Group Ltd.
----
34,016
April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011
April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012
0896996 BC LTD
----
Climatesmart
----
Delphi Group
Ernst & Young LLP
30,000
----
25,000
46,298
----
Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc.
Habitat Enterprises Ltd.
KPMG
Thursday, November 08, 2012 5:23 PM 1 of 2
Offsets


996,032
14,267,725
Westcoast Energy Inc
The Nature Conservancy of Canada
TimberWest Forest Comany
Sempa Power Systems Ltd.
South Coast British Columbia Transportation
Neucel Specialty Cellulose
Kruger Products LP
Blue Source
Green Municipal Corporation
BC Transit
ARES
----
BC Housing
Office of the Auditor General
Workplace Technology Services
Pound & Grain Digital Inc.
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Ruby Canyon Engineering
Great West Life
Markit Group Limited
----
40,952
----
100,845
40,000
113,324
45,733
58,368
62,650
214,809
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uecember 11, 2012 llle: 292-30\C11291

8ob Mackln
SLn1 vlA LMAlL

uear Mr. Mackln:

!"#$ !"##$%&'%(')*(%"&+,-%*'+*$'."%,#/,-%*'%('."-0+/1'2/,$%&'"$()&*'
$ !"+,"-&$./0$())"--$&/$!")/01-$ $ $ $$

1hank you for Lhe addlLlonal lnformaLlon you provlded regardlng our response Lo your lreedom
of lnformaLlon requesL for lnformaLlon relaLlng Lo paymenLs made by aclflc Carbon 1rusL (C1)
Lo suppllers and conLracLors ln flscal years 2011 and 2012.

?ou are correcL ln noLlng LhaL C1 ls now sub[ecL Lo Lhe !"#$#%"$&'(#)*+,$-"*#'.%-'(llA). C1
Lakes lLs legal requlremenLs very serlously and wlll, of course, fully comply wlLh all leglslaLlve
requlremenLs, lncludlng llA and Lhe !+//0*,'*)'(#)*+,$-"*#'$#0'1+*-/%-"*#'*)'1+"2$%3'.%-
(lClA). Powever, we should polnL ouL Lo you LhaL ln flscal years 2011 and 2012, C1 was noL
sub[ecL Lo llA. We are Lherefore relylng on Lhe provlslons of lClA for guldance ln our
response Lo you.

ln our leLLer of november 28, 2012, we explalned Lhe reasons why cerLaln lnformaLlon was
wlLhheld under secLlon 17 of lClA. WlLh regard Lo secLlon 14, we relled on a recenL declslon
of Lhe Supreme CourL of 8rlLlsh Columbla for guldance on how Lo lnLerpreL Lhe appllcaLlon of
secLlon 14 Lo legal bllllngs. We would refer you Lo Lhe [udlclal revlew of Lhe 8rlLlsh Columbla
lnformaLlon and rlvacy Commlssloner's Crder l10-19, whlch can be found
here: hLLp://www.olpc.bc.ca/rullngs/[udlclal-revlews.aspxn. ln LhaL [udlclal revlew, Lhe courL
found LhaL 4555-6/'"#)*+,$-"*#'"#'-6/7/'+/%*+07'8'79/%")"%$&&3:'-6/'#$,/'*)'-6/'&$;')"+,'$#0'-6/'
-*-$&'$,*<#-'*)')//7'9$"0:'%*<&0'$&&*;'$#'$77"0<*<7'"#=<"+/+:'$;$+/'*)'>$%?@+*<#0'"#)*+,$-"*#:'
-*'0/0<%/'*+'*-6/+;"7/'$%=<"+/'9+"2"&/@/0'"#)*+,$-"*#5"

WlLh regard Lo paymenLs made Lo Lhe Cfflce of Lhe AudlLor Ceneral, Lhe Cfflce ls usually
consldered ouLslde of Lhe scope of Lhe acL and as a resulL lnformaLlon ls generally wlLhheld. ln
an efforL Lo provlde you wlLh as much lnformaLlon as posslble, we have consulLed wlLh LhaL
Cfflce and Lhey advlsed LhaL Lhey have no concerns wlLh dlsclosure of Lhls lnformaLlon. As
such, please flnd aLLached a revlsed llsLlng of paymenLs made Lo suppllers and conLracLors ln
flscal years 2011 and 2012 where we have lncluded Lhls lnformaLlon.

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1hank you once agaln for your lnLeresL ln aclflc Carbon 1rusL.

Slncerely,

Shella urdy

ALLachmenL
General




Offsets


General
3,230,152
772,347
Great Bear Initiative
Blue Source
Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership
Encana Corporation
44,865
Workplace Technology Services 104,199
BC Public Service Agency 44,241
57,959
Office of the Auditor General 50,000
Strategic and Corporate Policy
Graphic Office 123,967
238,210
86,080
40,000
OA Solutions 27,211
Price Waterhouse Coopers 85,918
---- ----
----
26,735
27,000
----
Det Norske Veritas Certification Inc.
----
ARES
Laura Ballance Media Group Ltd.
----
34,016
April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011
April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012
0896996 BC LTD
----
Climatesmart
----
Delphi Group
Ernst & Young LLP
30,000
----
25,000
46,298
----
Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc.
Habitat Enterprises Ltd.
KPMG
Offsets


1,036,032
14,267,725
Westcoast Energy Inc
Sempa Power Systems Ltd.
South Coast British Columbia Transportation
Kruger Products LP
Blue Source
BC Transit
ARES
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BC Housing
Office of the Auditor General
Workplace Technology Services
Pound & Grain Digital Inc.
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Ruby Canyon Engineering
Great West Life
Markit Group Limited
----
40,952
40,000
100,845
40,000
113,324
45,733
58,368
62,650
214,809
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lebruary 13, 2013 llle: 292-30\C11291
8ef: 201344

8ob Mackln
SLn1 vlA LMAlL

uear Mr. Mackln:

!"#$ !"##$%&'%(')*(%"&+,-%*'+*$'."%,#/,-%*'%('."-0+/1'2/,$%&'"$()&*'
$ !"+,"-&$./0$())"--$&/$!")/01-$ $ $ $$

l am wrlLlng furLher Lo your requesL on CcLober 19, 2012 for:

A llsL of all aclflc Carbon 1rusL suppllers and conLracLors, $23,000 and up, for
Lhe 2011 and 2012 flscal years, lncludlng Lhe names of Lhe suppllers and
conLracLors and Lhe dollar amounLs of Lhe paymenLs.

lease flnd enclosed Lhe lnformaLlon you have requesLed, whlch was prevlously wlLhheld. 1hls
now compleLes your requesL. lf you have quesLlons abouL Lhls response, please conLacL us aL
fol.pcL[paclflccarbonLrusL.com.

?ours Lruly,
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Shella urdy

ALLachmenL
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Amount
Paid
Fiscal 2011
General suppliers
Bull Housser and Tupper LLP
29,035
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP 134,950
Kai Alderson 27,019
Of f ice of the Auditor General 50,000
Offset suppliers
Of f setters Clean Technology
898,558
Encana Corporation
1,617,716
359,980
Canf or Pulp Limited Partnership
329,910
Fiscal 2012
General suppliers
Attorney General
37,608
Bull Housser and Tupper LLP
26,426
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP 105,845
Of f ice of the Auditor General 40,000
Offset suppliers
4,500,000
Of f setters Clean Technology
715,399
Kruger Products LP
277,847
Blue Source
1,228,173
268,646
5,721,250
Westcoast Energy Inc (Spectra)
555,965
BC Transit
29,289
South Coast British Columbia Transportation 213,564
487,113
International Forest Products Limited 241,260
Sempa Power Systems Ltd. (ENBALA)
29,220
Pacific Carbon Trust - Disclosure of previously withheld supplier payments

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