That's an interesting example you raised. If there was an allegation that somehow the data was leaking to the political party, as you describe it, the ability of a regulator.... I think the public's confidence would be enhanced in the system if they knew that there was some ability to investigate that to determine whether or not the party had improperly collected information that they shouldn't have. Again, it's for legislators to determine where that oversight power would be in Canada. I know there are some constitutional, legal issues with the OPC. In British Columbia there are occasions where my office actually has carriage over certain matters that are not necessarily squarely within our statute but can be referred to our office for adjudication.
Similarly, on whether there is an appropriate place, an appropriate piece of legislation, where privacy and data protection as it applies to political parties...perhaps it's not PIPEDA, I don't know, and again, that's for legislators to determine. However, you have the Privacy Commissioner of Canada who could adjudicate those matters, potentially, because he is in a good place. He has the expertise. He has the staff. He has the investigatory capability to look at those kinds of issues.