Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 327-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018 be now concluded and that Tabled Document 327-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2017-2018 be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.

---Carried

Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, will you please escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Committee, we have next agreed to consider Committee Report 8-18 (2): Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. I will go to the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations for any opening comments. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On Thursday, March 2, 2017, the Standing Committee on Government Operations presented its report on the review of the Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner's 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports. The report, which includes eight recommendations, was read into the record by the chair of the committee, and a motion was passed that moved the report into Committee of the Whole.

Mr. Chair, the standing committee's recommendations largely centre around two key pieces of legislation and the government's work related to them. They are the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, otherwise known as the ATIPP Act, and the Health Information Act.

With respect to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the committee notes that the Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Justice is currently in the process of reviewing the act. The committee observes that, over the course of many years, the Information and Privacy Commissioner has made a number of recommendations for improvement to the ATIPP Act, and, in its report, the committee recommends the department compile a list of these recommendations for the purpose of ensuring that they are considered during the review process.

The committee further recommends that the department identify, in the legislative proposal, how the Information and Privacy Commissioner's recommendations are being addressed.

Finally, the committee urges the department to take the steps necessary to ensure that a revised ATIPP Act is brought into force during the life of this Assembly.

With respect to the Health Information Act, the standing committee is concerned by the IPC's perception that health authorities have not done enough to bring themselves into compliance with the Health Information Act, and that the Government of the Northwest Territories, to ensure that all residents are aware of their rights under the act, has also been less than adequate. The committee has made a number of recommendations designed to address this concern.

The committee again thanks Ms. Elaine Keenan-Bengts, the Information Privacy Commissioner, for her reports and her appearance before the committee on October 20, 2016. Committee looks forward to discussing its reports. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will open the floor to general comments on the report 8-18(2). Any general comments? Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this Assembly recommend that the Government of the Northwest Territories advise the House of specific target dates for the completion of a legislative proposal and the introduction of a bill to modernize and update the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.

---Carried

Thank you, committee. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this Assembly recommend that the Government of the Northwest Territories identify all recommendations made by the Information and Privacy Commissioner by this and previous standing committees for improvement to the Access to Information and Protection of Protection of Privacy Act;

AND FURTHER, that the Government of the Northwest Territories identify, in the legislative proposal to amend the act, how these recommendations are being addressed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.

---Carried

Thank you. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this Assembly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories take the necessary steps to ensure that a modernized Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act is brought into force before the end of the 18th Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.

---Carried

Thank you. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this Assembly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories prepare and table a report on the status of the work it has completed to implement the Health Information Act, including the implementation of a public information campaign and training for health sector employees. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor and in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.

---Carried

Thank you. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this Assembly recommends that the Minister of Health and Social Services table the Health Information Act Guide in the Legislative Assembly and provide a televised public briefing to the committee on the Health Information Act and its impacts on the rights of those who access healthcare in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor and in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.

---Carried

Thank you. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor and in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour. All those opposed.

---Carried

Thank you. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this Assembly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories obtain a legal opinion on whether "information system" as referenced in Section 89 of the Health Information Act is limited to electronic health systems when the act is considered as a whole;

AND FURTHER, that the Government of the Northwest Territories share that legal opinion with the standing committee, in confidence, once it is completed;

AND FURTHERMORE, that the Government of the Northwest Territories conduct a privacy impact assessment on the health system transformation initiative, should the legal opinion find that "information system" as referenced in Section 89 of the Health Information Act is not limited to electronic health systems when the act is considered as a whole. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

Thank you. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that this Assembly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories provides a response to this report within 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion, on the floor, in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

Thank you, committee. Committee, do you agree that we have concluded consideration of Committee Report 8-18(2): Report on the Review of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories?

Thank you, committee. We have concluded consideration of the report. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that the Chair rises and reports progress.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried