We do have a similar exception to access in Alberta's legislation, but I think I will use my opportunity to respond to just say this. The sharing of information across public sector, private sector, health sector is something that has been of particular interest to me in the last couple of years. In fact we commissioned a research paper, available on our website, that looked at information-sharing initiatives around the world and nationally. It tried to draw some learnings from those case studies. There are potentially very significant implications for both privacy and access.
I don't want to suggest that this information-sharing should not take place, because I understand that this is vital to providing programs and services that citizens want, but it's certainly important to be aware of the access and privacy implications and risks, and to implement controls to mitigate those risks.
I'll just refer you also to a joint resolution that all commissioners signed off on and made public in January of this year. We issued the duty to document statement, but we also issued a resolution on information-sharing recognizing that there are great benefits to information-sharing, but it has to be done in a thoughtful, considered way with due regard to access and privacy for patients. We made some recommendations to governments to look at how that affects access to information, because it is something we're starting to see quite a bit of.