From:
https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/02_05_d_15/#heading-0-0-2

Federal Privacy Act: Nobody has the right to request to see an exemption. It is a violation of your privacy rights under the Privacy Act. This is your personal medical information between you and your physician.

Pursuant to s. 1 of the Privacy Act of B.C., RSBC 1996 CHAPTER 373, it is unlawful to violate the privacy of another person. Private health issues are strictly between an individual and their physician. There is no legal or any other obligation at law requiring anyone to divulge the nature of thier medical conditions with anyone.

Federal privacy laws and what they cover

Canada has two federal privacy laws that are enforced by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:

    the Privacy Act, which covers how the federal government handles personal information;
    the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which covers how businesses handle personal information.

The Privacy Act
The Privacy Act relates to a person’s right to access and correct personal information that the Government of Canada holds about them. The Act also applies to the Government’s collection, use and disclosure of personal information in the course of providing services such as:

    old age security pensions
    employment insurance
    border security
    federal policing and public safety
    tax collection and refunds.

The Privacy Act only applies to federal government institutions listed in the Privacy Act Schedule of Institutions. It applies to all of the personal information that the federal government collects, uses, and discloses. This includes personal information about federal employees.

The Privacy Act does not apply to political parties and political representatives.

What is personal information under Privacy Act?

The Privacy Act offers protections for personal information, which it defines as any recorded information 'about an identifiable individual'.

What does PIPEDA.(Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act).apply to?

PIPEDA generally applies to personal information held by private sector organizations that are not federally-regulated and conduct business in:

    Manitoba
    New Brunswick
    Newfoundland and Labrador
    Northwest Territories
    Nova Scotia
    Nunavut
    Ontario
    Prince Edward Island
    Saskatchewan
    Yukon.

Federally-regulated organizations that conduct business in Canada are always subject to PIPEDA and must also apply the act to their employees' personal information

What does PIPEDA not apply to?

PIPEDA does not apply to organizations that do not engage in commercial, for-profit activities.

Unless they are engaging in commercial activities that are not central to their mandate and involve personal information, PIPEDA does not generally apply to:

    not-for-profit and charity groups
    political parties and associations

Municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals are generally covered by provincial laws. PIPEDA may only apply in certain situations. For example, if the organization is engaged in a commercial activity which is outside of its core activity such as, a university selling an alumni list.

Unless the personal information crosses provincial or national borders, PIPEDA does not apply to organizations that operate entirely within:

    Alberta
    British Columbia
    Quebec

These three provinces have general private-sector laws that have been deemed substantially similar to PIPEDA.

All businesses that operate in Canada and handle personal information that crosses provincial or national borders are subject to PIPEDA regardless of which province or territory they are based in.

https://www.alberta.ca/personal-information-protection-act.aspx
https://www.alberta.ca/personal-employee-information.aspx
https://www.alberta.ca/collecting-personal-information.aspx

Employment related.(added explanations are in this color)

Sector-specific privacy laws

Several federal and provincial sector-specific laws include provisions dealing with the protection of personal information.

The federal Bank Act.(https://www.laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-1.01/), for example, contains provisions regulating the use and disclosure of personal financial information by federally regulated financial institutions.(https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/industry/regulated-entities.html).

Provincial laws governing credit unions (https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/corporate/federal-oversight-bodies-regulators.html) typically have provisions dealing with the confidentiality of information relating to members' transactions.

Most provinces have laws dealing with consumer credit reporting (https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/credit-reports-score.html). These acts typically impose an obligation on credit reporting agencies to:

    ensure the accuracy of the information
    place limits on the disclosure of the information
    give consumers the right to have access to and challenge
    the accuracy of the information.

There are many provincial laws that contain confidentiality provisions concerning personal information collected by professionals.

The presence of other privacy-related legislation does not always mean that PIPEDA does not apply.

If you have a concern about your privacy, use our tool to find the right organization to contact about your privacy issue.(https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/report-a-concern/leg_info_201405/).

BC Public Health Act states a person has the ability to make health decisions and to decline medical treatments. Masks are PPE and therefore medical treatment

Part 3 — Preventing Disease and Other Health Hazards

Division 1 — Preventing Disease and Other Health Hazards

Must not cause health hazard

15 A person must not willingly cause a health hazard or act in a manner that the person knows or ought to know, will cause a health hazard. This applies to anyone including those in corporate health services, politicians, medical and pharmceutical corporations. 

Preventive measures

16 (1) Preventive measures include the following:

(a) being treated or vaccinated;

(c) washing with, applying or ingesting a substance or having a substance injected or inserted;

(d) undergoing disinfection and decontamination measures;

(e) wearing a type of clothing or other personal protective equipment or changing, removing or altering clothing or personal protective equipment;

(4) An individual subject to a regulation requiring preventive measures may, if permitted by the regulation, make an objection to a medical health officer, either in person or in the prescribed manner, stating that he or she

(a) believes that the preventive measures would be harmful to his or her health or

(b) objects to the preventive measures for reasons of conscience.

(6) A person who has made an objection must not

(a) be required to take the preventive measures

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