As we all know, we live in a beautiful federal country, and one of the areas where there is a division of power is in relation to privacy.
On health, our Ontario colleagues are responsible for overseeing privacy management for departments and institutions, including hospitals that are provincially regulated. However, federally, we are responsible for certain companies that operate in the health area and are not within provincial jurisdiction.
Therefore, we are both in the area, which requires us to work together, not only with Ontario but with every province and territory in Canada. There is good co-operation between our office and provincial commissioners who have authority over access to information and privacy.