Of course, my small clinic has not done, and doesn't have the resources to do, any kind of audit of government agencies. That's a job for the Auditor General and the Privacy Commissioner. We have reviewed the news reports and Privacy Commissioner reports to try to get a sense of how many breaches there have been. For example, in the past year, how often have government agencies unwittingly released information or suffered a hack or a security breach? We're seeing them fairly regularly.
There were a few in the past year. Canada Post suffered one, and a few federal agencies. There is human error and these things happen. That is why I think the earlier point is a good one, that the more information you have stored in these data banks and the more data banks you have, it's almost inevitable that there will be some level of breach.
I guess in response to the question, it's hard to know. I can't say how adequate the levels of security are right now. I would rely on the Privacy Commissioner to assess that. But I think it would help to have legislated requirements so that there's a stronger incentive for government institutions to take those security measures.