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4 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, January 20, 2010 POLICY Continued from front page Mayor and included in municipal paid advertising were articles that promoted the mayor as a candidate. The cost of advertising these ten articles was estimated by the auditor to be $2,567. According to the auditor, Mutton's campaign should have paid the municipality $3,067 for the ads and telecommunication infrastructure used by the former mayor in his 2006 re-election campaign. His failure to do so represents a $3,067 contribution by the municipality to his campaign, and an apparent contravention of the Municipal Elections Act. Section 94 of the Act sets out fines of up to $25,000 for an individual and up to $50,000 for a corporation or trade union found guilty of contravening the Act. When the auditor, Bernard Nayman, presented his compliance audit report of John Mutton's 2006 campaign expenses to council on November 17, 2009, council opted to do nothing with it. Clarington paid Nayman $14,970 for his audit of Mutton's 2006 campaign expense report. Councillors Adrian Foster and Ron Hooper asked the Deputy Clerk -- who presided over Monday's General Purpose and Administration Committee Meeting -- if the policy applied to candidates for the position of Regional Chair. As that position is an appointment and not subject to the Municipal Elections A further breach of the Personal Health Information Protection Act was caused by the Region collecting more personal health information from H1N1 vaccine recipients than was necessary for the purposes of the immunization clinics. " A convincing rational was not provided for the collection of health card numbers or information relating to priority group status after the H1N1 vaccine was made widely available to the general public," Cavoucian states in her report. A number of steps have already been taken by the Durham Region Health Department to prevent this situation from occurring again, according to the news release issued by the Health Department on January 14th. Health information collected on USB keys at flu clinics held on December 17 and 18 has been encrypted, and USB keys are now no longer being used. A new policy is being Act, Deputy Clerk Anne Greentree told coucnillors the policy did not, in her opinion, extend to that position. She added that if the Clerk felt something should be added to the policy applying to the Regional Chair position, council would be informed. Former Mayor John Mutton has made it known he will seek the position of Durham Regional Chair following October's municipal election. The Chair of the Region is elected at the first Regional Council meeting of the new council, by the 28 newly elected Regional councillors. Council will vote on whether or not to adopt the policy at next Monday's council meeting. Places I've Done Time by Clifford Francis Gone again I was watching TV the other night and there was a program on about Ian Tyson. He was a grand singer back in the 1970s and 1980s. I can hardly believe he is now over 70 years old. He still writes songs but his singing has slipped. It comes with age. In the 1960s he lived down on a farm at Crooked Creek. One of his hobbies was cutting horses. Later he went to the Wild Rose country in Alberta. He had some wonderful horses out there. In the 1980s he brought out some new songs and did very well. When he lived in Crooked Creek, I stopped by several times to pay my respects and he was a fine gentleman. I don't remember seeing his wife Sylvia; they may have been living apart by then. On the show I watched, Ian and Gord Lightfoot played a couple tunes and sang. They are both eligible bachelors with very little luck getting a girl. I am somewhat in the same situation. Too young to be over the hill and too old to be young and free. You might say we are on the home stretch of life. My biggest worry now is not a down payment on a house, but money for a tombstone. Speaking of girls, I had another unsuccessful relationship in the past month. I met this hell of a nice girl at a dinner party over Christmas, and we went out. Casinos, euchre parties, the horse races. She said I lost too much money, so I went less to cut my losses. That worked but not enough. I told her it made me sad to end it. She said if being sad made me feel better to go for it. I did. Thankfully she took her cat and my sweater. It was covered with cat hair from the damn cat jumping on me. It's going to be good getting back playing euchre and Texas hold 'em again. HEALTH Continued from front page Through her investigation, Cavoukian determined that USB keys were used by the Health Department as a temporary measure to transfer personal health information between the Region's eight flu clinics and Regional Headquarters. Due to problems providing a secure extension of the Region's private computer network, the USB keys became a permanent means to transfer health information. The person providing technical support to the clinics was unaware of the encrypting requirement of the information stored on the USB keys. "This represented a serious breach of the Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Kyle's responsibilities under the Personal Health Information Protection Act," states Cavoukian, "And was completely avoidable." implemented for transporting personal health information, and an inventory of laptop computers and portable storage devices is being conducted, ensuring removal of any personal health information that may have been stored on these devices. Cavoucian has also recommended that the Region develop and implement a comprehensive corporate policy for mobile devices to ensure that when personal information must be transported on these devices it is strongly encrypted. The Commissioner has provided the Region with a ready-todeploy encryption software solution offered by an Ontario-based company. Winter Wonderlearn Have some winter fun with Clifford the Big Red Dog as he makes a special appearance at Clarington Winter WonderLearn! This family learning festival is enjoying its seventh year, and takes place on the Saturday of the Family Day weekend, February 13th from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Courtice Community Complex. Encourage your child's curiosity with fun and free activities hosted by over a dozen local organizations, participate in games, and enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride. Families can also attend a Musical Circle workshop hosted by the Ontario Early Years Centre at 10:30 a.m., meet special visitors from the Bowmanville Zoo at 11:30 a.m., learn all about instruments and music with Clarington New Horizons at 1:00 p.m., and enjoy a free family swim from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Clarington Winter WonderLearn is organized by Clarington Public Library in partnership with the Municipality of Clarington, Clarington Board of Trade, Clarington Museums and Archives, and Ontario Power Generation. Generous funding from Ontario Power Generation contributes to the success of this annual event which attracts more than 1,000 people Enjoy an opportunity to move your body, exercise your mind and shake off the winter blahs at this fun family event on Saturday, February 13th from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Courtice Community Complex, 2950 Courtice Road. More information and a complete line-up of activities may be found at: www.claringtonlibrary.on.ca On January 14, 2010, Durham Region Health Department received the report from the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario (IPC) regarding the privacy breach that occurred on Dec. 16, 2009, and will comply with and implement the IPC's order and recommendations that are specifically directed to the Health Department. On Dec. 21, the Health Department reported the loss of a USB key containing personal health information for every person who attended any Health Department flu vaccination clinic for an H1N1 or seasonal flu vaccination up to Dec. 15, to both the IPC and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The device went missing on Durham Regional Headquarters property, 605 Rossland Rd. E., Whitby. Members of the public interested in viewing a copy of the IPC's report should visit www.ipc.on.ca. To view Durham Region's submission to the IPC visit www.durham.ca.