Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Madam Speaker. On February 6th I asked a question and I didn’t get a response, then I asked the same question on February 13th. Now I’m going to try a third occasion to ask the same type of question. What question is that? I’ve asked about the protocols to protect people’s privacy under our electronic medical records. Each time I’ve asked about what type of automatic protocol we have in place that informs the administrator of these programs that someone is cybersurfing or sometimes referred to as cyberstalking individuals.

Do we have any automatic protocols that notify the...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I guess I’m going to say, in short, if this board, be it the chairperson, the board of governors and the president refuse to meet with the students, is the Minister prepared to start with a new slate of governance to find a group of individuals that care enough about their students to hold meetings with them? Thank you.

The Minister just said, “I don’t want to be in a position…to tell them what to do.” Let me remind the Minister, once again, that he’s in charge and if he doesn’t want to be in charge, that’s okay, because there’s probably an opening over here if he doesn’t want to tell them what to do.

Under Section 7, once again, the Minister has the authority to provide them direction. Under Section 7(2), they can provide direction through policy. So if he’s not interested, I’m not sure what the problem is.

The letter he received was cc’d to him, went to me, and said basically they will get to it when they...

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I recently received what I can describe as a brush-off letter – don’t worry, we’ve got it under control – from Aurora College Board of Governors. Of course, if you look at the top of the letterhead, it says from the Office of the President for the board of governors.

This really kind of annoys me because this highlights further what I talked about the other week, which is about their independent thinking about being able to do things without having it go through the office of the president.

The letter highlights many concerns I raised here the other week about trying...

Thanks for noticing, Madam Speaker. As I said in my Member’s statement, and as I referred to in my oral questions, I will be tabling a letter sent to me by the board of governors, signed by Sydney O’Sullivan, who happens to be the chair of the board of governors of Aurora College. It was sent to me February 6, 2014, and the subject line item of the letter is Letter of Concern Received on January 30, 2014. Thank you.

Madam Speaker, do you want me to do it over again?

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Minister said he’s not aware of any breaches. That said, can the Minister confidently say it also means that he may not be aware of any breaches? Thank you.

This is not the answer I’ve received on the two other occasions. Finally I’m getting a decent answer, I’ll give it that.

I want to know how this administrator of this particular program is informed, and what type of timely way are they informed to ensure there is some type of quality assurance and certainly some protection for those people whose files may be snooped upon.

What type of automatic process is involved? Will the Minister inform this house what type of process there is? Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Madam Speaker, I don’t think it’s worth it.

The Minister is in possession of the same letter I am that they wrote to me on February 6th. They basically say they’re not going to meet with them. The only way they meet with them is when they bump into them at the store or on the street, if they run across them in another meeting. There is no formal commitment. If anything, there is a commitment saying we’re not interested.

So, the Minister is saying he is going to meet with them. What exactly is he going to tell the college that they’re going to do and how are they going to do it?