So doctors attended an event to share their views with the Health Minister. The Minister couldn’t speak to them at that time, so he contacted them afterwards to hear them out. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/health-minister-shandro-confidential-information-1.5519962

“Shandro's office says the minister was unaware the numbers were improperly procured and just wanted to talk to the doctors. ‘The Minister wouldn't have wanted a number that was private or unlisted,’ they said in an email.”