I'll answer by again referring to the experience of other jurisdictions. I do not think the application of privacy legislation impedes the normal work of political parties in reaching and communicating with their electors. This is the experience in the jurisdictions where privacy laws apply. We should assume that in Europe and in British Columbia, technology is used to identify people who may sympathize with a party so that the party's work is efficient. All of this is going on currently in other jurisdictions while parties are subject to privacy legislation.
In terms of the difficulty of the application of laws, and the possibility that because this is complex people will err on the side of caution, I would say that PIPEDA is probably a good tool, to that extent. It's 10 principles. It's scalable to the size of an organization. Small businesses are subject to PIPEDA and do not apply the legislation with the same sophistication as Facebook and Google and Microsoft.
So it's a flexible tool, and I think parties would be able to train their staff in a way to respect the law.