Sask. privacy commissioner investigates government information leak
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The Saskatchewan privacy commissioner is investigating whether the provincial government violated a care home worker’s privacy when it released parts of his personnel file to the media.
Peter Bowden, a care aide at Oliver Lodge in Saskatoon, was suspended with pay last week. Bowden, 61, claims his suspension from the seniors care home stems from his blowing the whistle in the Saskatchewan Legislature on care issues at the Saskatoon Health Region-run home. The province maintains that Bowden was suspended because of an investigation into allegations of misconduct in the workplace.
On Monday, executive council chief of operations and communications Kathy Young sent an email to several media outlets and reporters saying Bowden had been suspended with pay pending the outcome of their investigation. The email said there are nine separate incidents involving Bowden under investigation, all of which were submitted in writing by staff and some were before and after Bowden went to the Legislature.
“Some of the incidents would fall under the category of patient care concerns,” the email said. “Others would fall under the category of potential harassment of other staff and residents.”
