Well, all of those rules related to privacy are going to apply to all of you. You're putting handcuffs on yourselves. That's the first thing to keep in mind.
Second, freedom of expression in our Constitution has always been about political expression that is unlimited. Your ability to express yourself to all of your constituents could be severely hampered if we applied normal privacy considerations, because under normal privacy considerations, you can be blocked. They can say, “You can't talk to me. You can't send me an email. You can't call me.” To me, that is pretty close to a violation of not just the charter, but the whole idea of parliamentary government. The idea of our system is that everybody communicates on political matters, and no one is able to say, “I'm not playing. I'm not going to participate.” Therefore, I don't think that privacy laws should apply in the political realm.
If privacy laws are going to apply, they certainly have to apply in the same way at the federal level. We can't have the provinces involved. It would be a disaster if you allowed the provincial laws to apply, so it has to be federal. However, I recommend that there be none. There's no need. Think about it: Thousands and thousands of people, using those lists, go door to door, knocking on doors to ask people to vote for their favourite candidate. I think this concern in Alberta is way overblown. There is no problem with people communicating with other people and people knowing names and addresses, because it's out there. You can get it from so many different sources.
The important information to protect is how you vote in the ballot box. The Chief Electoral Officer does a very good job of protecting that information. Beyond that, I don't think there's anything that needs to be protected.