You raise a question that was explored by this very committee in looking at the Privacy Act. One of the presenters was Professor Colin Bennett from the University of Victoria, who is Canada's leading expert on privacy in the context of political parties and elections. I know that the Canadian Bar Association is doing some work on this. I know that the Chief Electoral Officer has made a recommendation—actually, it was maybe two CEOs back—that this is an issue to be looked at. This could be a great discussion, but it would be a lengthy one. I think that recommendations would come forward, if not from this committee, from other organizations, requesting that Parliament, at long last, address the protection of private information by political parties.
On February 14th, 2017. See this statement in context.