In British Columbia the parties are covered. There's an argument that possibly federal parties that have B.C.-incorporated branches would be subject to the provincial legislation. It would create an interesting situation in which, if the federal party generally violates privacy norms, somebody in British Columbia would have the ability to file a complaint with our commissioner, but somebody in Ontario who's under PIPEDA would not. That seems unfortunate, to say the least, and it should be changed.
On February 16th, 2017. See this statement in context.