Confidential health records in Ontario may soon be accessible to police
officers, government bureaucrats and scientific researchers, if a bill tabled
last week by the province’s conservative government becomes law. The president of
the Ontario Medical Association, Albert Schumacher, says the proposals,
would compromise patient-doctor confidentiality. Ann Cavoukian,
Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner, points out that
the legislation would not even allow her to halt inappropriate uses of the data.
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