This is precisely the challenge: trying to ensure the electoral process conforms to modern privacy standards. In order to play their proper role in the electoral process, what information on citizens do political parties need? What do they do with it? I stand to be corrected, but presently there is no framework that regulates the use of this information in the context of the electoral process, except the Canada Elections Act. There is no framework that protects this information. This is what I have been saying to you. All over the world, people are starting to reflect on this issue because of the linkages that are possible with many other databases, including commercial data banks and because of the wide circulation of this information in the electoral context and the offices of MPs.
On June 14th, 2006. See this statement in context.