I understand, but data protection legislation must work both ways. What can be collected can be shared and circulated.
In my view, there is no limit to the information that Elections Canada can legally obtain. This organization is free to modernize its list as long as it respects the usual standards. For example, Elections Canada has a written agreement with Revenue Canada, and I believe it also has one with the Services Committee of Industry Canada. The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada is, it too, subject to Treasury Board's current policy for data interface. This policy strongly urges Elections Canada to evaluate the impact of its proposed agreement on privacy, to submit it to us for comment and to gather the least possible amount of personal information.
I believe that those are just about the only theoretical limits that exist. Mr. Kingsley would be better informed about this than me. I believe that they can go after information as long as they have reached an agreement.