Info and privacy commissioner releases annual report

Information and Privacy Commissioner Catherine Tully has released her annual report. She makes 34 recommendations for the province to modernize its access and privacy laws. They include allowing electronic disclosure, ensuring privacy when big data and other collecting is considered, and making the commissioner an independent officer of the legislature. You can read the full report here:

https://www.foipop.ns.ca/sites/default/files/publications/annual-reports/2016-2017%20OIPC%20Annual%20Report%20%28June%202017%29.pdf

Doctors pay

The province is finally starting to release doctors salaries five years after the auditor general recommended it.

The figures on what doctors were paid last year show 24 physicians making over $1 million. The top doc, Stewart MacMillan, a radiologist at the Miramichi Hospital, took in just over $1.5 million.

The Health department points out these are gross earnings and do not take into account expenses such as staff salaries or rent.