Alberta actually doesn't have a great
rep for criminal background checks I
think there was a report was it last
year the Canadian civil liberties did a
study of criminal that was pretty sweet
release information checks yeah and
Alberta did not come out very well in
that in that study and I think that part
of the problem is that there's no
there's there are no standards in
Alberta at the moment for criminal
background checks and and what an
organization's an employer might be
asking for on the one hand and what they
actually need are also two very very
different things so you know I do know
that there's a there's a group that's
gotten together in Alberta that's
actually taking a look at at criminal
background checks and what information
is collected and what information is
being shared and I know that you know
Liz will have something to say about
this because she's done a an interesting
report on the topic I think that all I'm
going to say is it we haven't looked at
it very deeply in Alberta we get
occasional complaints and we've been
very we've been reactive to that but we
are involved with this group right now
that's trying to proactively figure out
how to solve some of the problems when
too much information is being shared and
organizations are collecting this
information with account without first
turning their mind to do I actually need
this information and of course once you
get this information that brings on a
whole other set of responsibilities what
are you going to do with it and how are
you going to limit access to it and how
long are you going to keep it because
it's a snapshot in time and what if you
ask for this information you find out
something that raises flags for you is a
DUI a problem is a break and interment
like you know it raises all sorts of
issues it's a far more complicated thing
than just we're going to as a blanket
program do criminal background checks on
everybody yeah it's tricky