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IPC letter on record-keeping concerns raised in Greenbelt report | Advice and Submissions , Letters | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
IPC response to Leader of the Official Opposition Marit Stiles’ concerns about government record keeping practices outlined in Greenbelt report |
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Submission for the July 2023 Proposed Regulatory Changes to Ontario Regulation 155/18 and 156/18. | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
The IPC provided comments and recommendations to the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services with respect to the summary of proposed regulatory changes to Ontario Regulation 155/18 and 156/18 posted on the Ontario Regulatory Registry on July 13, 2023. Within the submission, the IPC urges the Ministry to ensure that any amendments to expand collection, use or disclosure of sensitive personal information for the safety and well-being of children and youth are matched by a proportionate level of robust privacy protection. |
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Submission for the 2023 5-Year Review of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
The IPC provided comments and recommendations to the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services as part of the 2023 5-Year Review of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017. The IPC’s comments and recommendations are consistent with previous submissions and focus on the goal of strengthening the access and privacy protections afforded to Ontarians under the CYFSA and its regulations. |
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Comments on a regulatory proposal to establish administrative monetary penalties under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Letter to the Ontario Ministry of Health describing the IPC’s support for both the maximum amounts for administrative penalties that the commissioner can order, as well as the criteria that the commissioner must consider when levying such penalties as part of order-making power under PHIPA. |
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Comments on Schedule 2 of Bill 102, Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This letter to Goldie Ghamari, Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy, was intended to present the IPC’s privacy-related comments and recommended amendments to Schedule 2 of Bill 102, which, if passed, would expand the regulation-making authority under the Coroners Act, 1990. |
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Comments on Schedule 1 of Bill 102, Strengthening Safety and Modernizing Justice Act, 2023 | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This letter to Goldie Ghamari, Chair of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy, was intended to present the IPC’s privacy-related comments and recommendations on Schedule 1 of Bill 102, in relation to proposed amendments to the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA). The legislative amendments support bringing the CSPA into force. |
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Submission on Bill 79, the Working for Workers Act, 2023 | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This letter to Ernie Hardeman, Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, recommends the Committee to withdraw Schedules 4, 6 and 7 from Bill 79 to give the Ministry additional time to clarify significant ambiguities and address our privacy-related comments in a more holistic manner. |
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Comments on Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023 | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This letter to Goldie Ghamari, Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Policy, was intended to present the IPC’s views on how amendments to Bill 60 can better enhance transparency and privacy protections of Ontarians’ information with respect to the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act, 2023 proposed in Schedule 1, and on “As of Right” health care practitioners who may be permitted to practice in Ontario without first having to register with a provincial regulatory health colleges, addressed in Schedule 2. |
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Letter to Dr. Cameron on Inquest File Q2022-10 and Jury Recommendation #78 | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Commissioner Kosseim’s letter to Dr. Cameron, Office of the Chief Coroner, regarding the IPC’s implementation plans for jury recommendation #78 from Inquest File Q2022-10. |
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Letter to the Ministry of the Solicitor General regarding the regulatory proposals under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
The IPC provided comments to the Ministry of the Solicitor General regarding the regulatory proposals under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA) following the ministry’s request for public input. In these comments, the IPC offers high-level comments on four proposals that relate to the IPC’s mandate. |
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Commissioner Kosseim’s letter to Minister Rasheed and Minister McNaughton on the issue of employee monitoring in Ontario | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Commissioner Kosseim urges the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development to work together to strengthen statutory privacy protections for workers in Ontario. |
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Submission on the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s public inquiry into racial profiling and racial discrimination of Black persons by the Toronto Police Service | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Submission on the proposed amendment under PHIPA on the right to access records in electronic format | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
Submission on Bill 106: Obligations and authorities of Ontario Health Teams and access to records in electronic format | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
As Schedule 4 of Bill 106, the Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 (Schedule 4) would amend the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA) by introducing new regulation-making powers, the IPC submitted recommendations to Ernie Hardeman Chair of the Committee Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs to address each of these proposed regulatory powers. |
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Comments on Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022 | Advice and Submissions | Download | Read moreExpand | ||
This letter to Natalia Kusendova, Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Policy was intended to present the IPC’s views on Schedule 2 of Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022 on how amendments to Bill 88 can better support its policy objective of enhancing transparency and protecting workers’ privacy. |