Privacy is a murky fog

VAC employees, from the deputy minister on down, do respect the law, and I suspect not one single person thought they were doing anything remotely wrong, let alone illegal.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I.—Let's assume for the time being that Canada's Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart got it right when she ruled that Veterans Affairs Canada staff had broken the law in their handling of personal information related to a Veteran. Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre ...

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