John Carpay: Nova Scotia’s New Privacy-Violating Law Invites a Court Challenge

Commentary Why does the Nova Scotia government need access to the individual medical records of every Nova Scotia patient? Medical privacy in Nova Scotia no longer exists, now that the province’s House of Assembly has passed Bill 419, giving the government access to the entirety of patients’ medical records. The government’s stated pretext is “planning and management of the health system, resource allocation and creating or maintaining electronic health record programs and services.” Sounds innocuous enough, but this goal can be accomplished easily without giving politicians and bureaucrats access to personal information about a patient’s medical problems and treatments....