Privacy breach unacceptable: PM
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it’s unacceptable that the personal information of an outspoken veterans critic ended up in the briefing notes of a federal cabinet minister.
He pledged during question period that the Conservative government would co-operate with a privacy commissioner’s investigation into how quotes from a psychiatrist’s letter on Sean Bruyea ended up in briefing notes for former veterans affairs minister Greg Thompson.
Harper said it appears Bruyea’s information was widely circulated in the veterans’ bureaucracy before the Tories came to power in January 2006, effectively casting the blame on the former Liberal government.
But NDP Leader Jack Layton called on Harper to launch an independent investigation into the privacy breach.
“What action will the government take to punish those responsible?” Layton said Wednesday.
He demanded to know how such a breach could have happened and whether other veterans who’ve criticized the government have reason to fear their files are being passed around.
“We know this is a government that doesn’t like those who complain about its behaviour,” Layton said. “They get demoted, they get fired… But to have such a thing happen to someone who has served our country is totally unacceptable.”
Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn said his department takes privacy seriously, but did not commit to taking any further action.
— The Canadian Press