Robert Hawkins

Sorry, Madam Speaker, I stood up on the wrong orders of the day item number. Once again, and even more importantly, for the record, Madam Speaker, I wish to report to the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure has reviewed Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicle Act, and wishes to report that Bill 5 is ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wish to report to the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure has reviewed Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicle Act, and wishes to report that Bill 5 is ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

I would like to now sort of package this under the concept of quality assurance. To understand quality assurance, how often has this happened and how is it particularly evaluated, maybe the Minister can enlighten us. I would like to know how often breaches happen, how often are files investigated, even if it’s not a technical or formal breach. Sometimes they need to be evaluated. So let’s put it on the record about quality assurance. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. On February 6th I asked a question and I didn’t get a response, then I asked the same question on February 13th. Now I’m going to try a third occasion to ask the same type of question. What question is that? I’ve asked about the protocols to protect people’s privacy under our electronic medical records. Each time I’ve asked about what type of automatic protocol we have in place that informs the administrator of these programs that someone is cybersurfing or sometimes referred to as cyberstalking individuals.

Do we have any automatic protocols that notify the...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Perhaps my calendar is different than the Minister’s, although he’s laughing and I think he did it as a joke and I’ll accept it in the way it was delivered with some humour. But let’s just be clear. Let’s work off the February 21st date, if that’s agreeable.

Again, I’m looking for an action plan on direction. I’m not looking for a 20-page report, I’m just looking for a couple pages that say this is how we’re strategizing and we will work toward achievables. Thank you.

Madam Speaker, a commitment was made in the House about developing a communications plan to get out there, we want to promote phone numbers and access points. In my view, the consumer affairs division may not need a singular street window type of office where people can walk up to, but the fact is, it needs to be publicized in a way that people know where to bring their concerns.

Does the Minister see this as important, or should it be nestled away in some area of government that it’s kept anonymous, as it seems to be? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise again today to continue to raise the issue that Northerners want to apply on these mystery jobs. In some ways I view it more as they’re being denied the right to apply on jobs by their own government.

This is something that you would hear of in a Third World country, something maybe in a dictatorship or who knows what; I can’t describe it. But these are circumstances where people are telling me how they feel and certainly I say that I agree that how they feel is right.

In the crux of the problem we keep digging deeper, or as I said the other day, the further you...

Madam Speaker, I guess I’m going to ask the Minister to contradict me, because I’m going to say this is happening and I want him to tell me this isn’t how it happens.

Somebody can be viewing a particular file, who’s not authorized, for hours on end. They have access to the system because that’s their job.

Is there an electronic process that kicks in to tell the administrator that situation X is happening and they should evaluate it as such, or is it when he’s referring to protocols is that, well, they find out when they find out? That’s what I’m trying to ask. Is the system designed in any way...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. On February 6th of this year, I had asked the Minister of Health about what type of protocols kick in when someone who doesn’t have authorization is visiting other people’s files. In essence, they are cyberstalking. I don’t know any other way of describing it. The only way the people find out, that I’m aware of, is purely by accident. It could be quite some time between the initial incident and by the time they stumble upon it by information being shared. My specific question is built around what type of protocols that inform those who are in charge of the system and...

Madam Speaker, perhaps they don’t get any complaints because no one knows they exist. That could be part of the issue.

I guess my question would be: When would the Minister be able to address this problem? He says he’s going to go back to the department. I heard that; that wasn’t lost upon me. But he did say almost a year ago that they would get on this, so I would like to know if he could have an action plan sent to my office before the end of next week as to how they will address these issues.

The action plan doesn’t mean they’ve done it. What the action plan clearly states is these are the...