Breach of Health Records Privacy by nosy doctors - Contempt for Rule of Law shown by one doctor

Title: Breach of Health Records Privacy by nosy doctors - Contempt for Rule of Law shown by one doctor

While no personal harm was likely done by the improper searches made by Dr. Crombie Stebner, the Privacy Commissioner was doing his job properly when he published the results of his inquiry which concluded that she breached the privacy of one or more individual's health records. 

As background to this it is worth knowing that there is a province-wide computerized data-base provided by the Government of Saskatchewan that covers all prescription drugs, all hospital provided services, doctors' office visits and treatments and other health services relating to citizens.  The data-base covers current patient health information, and it goes back many years, even prior to current methods of creating computerized records.  This informational data-base is now available to hospitals and hospital medical staff, likely including administrative staff, as well as all licensed doctors and possibly other health care providers, and will, within some months, be provided to ordinary citizens relating to their own health issues that arise and are dealt with within the Saskatchewan health system.

It is fortuitous that this matter has become public at this time as it may have the effect of helping to ensure that measures are taken to strengthen laws and methods intended to prevent or avoid such breaches in the future.

An interesting factor in this case is the sense of entitlement (common to the attitudes of our current generation of younger people in Canadian society) displayed by Dr. Stebner. As Judge Danyliuk said - “The aura of entitlement is palpable.” Stebner quite obviously was and is more concerned about her personal rights than those of others and has shown contempt for the rule of law by placing her personal interests above our constitutional rights to have information about judicial proceedings and other legitimate concerns, like privacy matters and the job of the Privacy Commissioner, disseminated publicly.  This contempt for the rule of law and the desire that personal feelings and falsely apprehended 'rights' over-ride the rule of law, is a growing problem today, and is part of the problem revealed by the actions of the federal Liberals in the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

See the Leader Post reports relating to both Judge Richard Danyliuk's decision and the Report of the Privacy Commissioner to be found at the following web pages:

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/national/medical-staff-inappropriately-accessed-broncos-bus-victims-info-privacy-commissioner

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/judge-denies-pub-ban-injunction-sought-by-med-resident-who-snooped-on-broncos-crash-victims-records/wcm/bd91e61e-f40a-484b-b147-ebca566e099e

SNC-Lavalin Scandal Just Gets Worse

The latest resignation of a Minister from the Trudeau Cabinet is the worst blow yet for the Liberals.  Minister of Treasury Board, Jane Philpott, released a letter saying among other things - "It is a fundamental doctrine of the rule of law that our attorney general should not be subjected to political pressure or interference regarding the exercise of her prosecutorial discretion in criminal cases. Sadly, I have lost confidence in how the government has dealt with this matter and in how it has responded to the issues raised."

This is the strongest condemnation of Trudeau and his gang yet, and, noting its source, the most devastating.  Trudeau and gang stand accused of acting contrary to the rule of law.  Ms. Philpott was blunt and direct.  How are the government's spin doctors going to spin that into something innocent?

See the article by Matt Gurney at web address: 

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/matt-gurney-a-brutally-clear-philpott-leaves-no-room-for-liberal-spin

Will the remaining Liberal MPs rally round Trudeau and gang to support him, come hell or high water?  This remains to be seen.  It is, of course, possible, that principle may vanquish blind loyalty, and a vote of non-confidence could precipitate the fall of the government.  It may be a bit premature to predict that at this time.  Keep watching.  If it happens, it would be completely deserved.

Liberal Corruption - Corporatism (fascism) - Contempt for Rule of Law

William Watson's article in the Natiopn Post - William Watson - Scandals like SNC-Lavalin happen by letting unqualified politicians 'champion' businesses - is a must read.  The article is found at:

https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/william-watson-scandals-like-snc-lavalin-happen-by-letting-unqualified-politicians-champion-businesses

What's missing from his article is the following:

"The only thing Mr. Watson left out of this otherwise excellent article is the fact that the Trudeau government snuck through Parliament a special piece of legislation (Bill C-74 - (Royal Assent)
June 21, 2018) amending the Criminal Code to create a special provision to relieve their friends, the big 'national-champion corporations of the consequences of economic offences they have committed  while doing business. Trudeau's sneaky Omnibus bill of hundreds of pages of the most obscure and turgid statutory garbage was extremely difficult to find, even after an hour's work, and only if one persisted because they knew it was there, somewhere.

The bureauc-rat's summary was - "Division 20 of Part 6 amends the Criminal Code to establish a remediation agreement regime. Under this regime, the prosecutor may negotiate a remediation agreement with an organization that is alleged to have committed an offence of an economic character referred to in the schedule to Part XXII.‍1 of that Act and the proceedings related to that offence are stayed if the organization complies with the terms of the agreement." 

What this means is that a special deal could be reached with the government saving their corporate friend's asses from the results of a full, public prosecution. 

No matter what SNC-Lavelin did, it was a lot less horrible or corrupting to Canada than this legislation.  This is an example, as any honest political scientist or economist would tell you, of fascism - which, aside from the abberation of the crazy murdering gangs of thugs (Hitler and his National Socialists) we normally think of as at the true heart and soul of fascism, it is the state in league with its big corporate friends.  This is Corporatism, a key component of fascism.  Of course, the population, our hapless voters, had no clue what Trudeau was up to, nor did the gang of incompetent and feckless journalists who are supposed to report on stuff like this to justify their existence.  This is the real crime revealed by the super-scandal of the Trudeau government."