Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid says another staffer has been fired in the privacy breach scandal.
“There is one further ministry employee that has been terminated so there in total are two people that remain suspended (without pay) and five individuals have been terminated. This goes back to the investigation that has been ongoing since earlier this year. The initial allegations came from an anomymous tip to the auditor general, and the allegations were that there was inappropriate conduct contracting and data managment practices.”
She says because of privacy legislation and the ongoing investigation, she can’t release details about the case.