I guess what it comes down to is the department believes that an information system is an electronic information system, a piece of software. I will post on my website my argument against that because clearly the legislation speaks differently to it. So I will take that as a no for now and I will keep fighting this, but I only heard about the Health Information Act because I am a member of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, and now that I know about it I can attest that it is difficult to comprehend.
Our Information and Privacy Commissioner says that it is one of the most complicated and confusing pieces of legislation she has ever seen and she is a lawyer.
Given this, I ask the Minister what has the department done to inform and advise the public of their new rights and obligations under this act?