If I may.
Section 8 of the charter is where we find generally the protection of privacy for Canadians. It precludes government from intruding into a reasonable expectation of privacy, except when it has a compelling reason to do so. To the extent that date of birth would be characterized as a type of information that people normally expect to keep private except for a good reason, the disclosure of date of birth by the government or government agent in this context to private parties would have to be accompanied with a solid policy justification. The court would undoubtedly look at that if it ever had an occasion to consider this scheme, and ask why it was important to disclose beyond the poll clerks to the candidates and the parties the date of birth of every registered elector.