Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Standing Committee on Government Operations submitted its Report on the Review of the 2013-2014 Annual Report
of
the
Information
and
Privacy
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories to the House on February 12, 2015. A motion was adopted by the House to receive the report and move it into Committee of the Whole for further consideration.
The committee would like to acknowledge the continued hard work and dedication of Ms. Elaine Keenan Bengts in her role as Information and Privacy
Commissioner.
Ms.
Keenan
Bengts
highlighted three legislative issues in her report: implementation of new health information privacy
legislation, access by design issues, and ATIPP legislation for municipalities.
The
Standing
Committee
on
Government
Operations
continues
to
support
the
recommendations put forward by the Commissioner and remains committed to bringing these important issues forward to the Assembly. In addition, the committee supports a comprehensive review of the current Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act and shares the Commissioner’s concern regarding timely response to access requests.
The
Standing
Committee
on
Government
Operations has included several recommendations in its report and committee members will be introducing those motions here today.
The
concludes
my
opening
comments
on
Committee Report 10-17(5). Other Members may have comments.