The firms Cooper Regel, Guardian Law and James H. Brown & Associates are planning to sue the government this week over health breaches that span a decade. They intend to launch a representation action, which is similar to a class action, in that the suit can apply to tens of thousands of people affected. (CBC)

Talking point: Some of the breaches include one in June 2018, where a laptop was stolen that contained the data of 80 per cent of all residents in the N.W.T., approximately 33,661 people. Government officials said they didn’t believe any third party had accessed the data, but it was only protected by a login password, and contained information like birth dates, health-care numbers and, for some, histories of infectious diseases and lab results. Similar legal motions have gone through in the past: in 2016, a class-action lawsuit in Calgary reached a settlement of $725,000 after a laptop went missing that contained the health information of 620,000 Albertans.