Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Baylis, I'd just like to interject with one more point. Of course, the list of electors that we receive is subject to the Canada Elections Act, and that's the primary point, I think, for all three parties in terms of the information that we collect. There are penalties, quite

Information & Ethics committee  I don't actually have a position on that right now.

Information & Ethics committee  Certainly not as PIPEDA currently stands.... It just doesn't make sense in the particular context in which political activities are—

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know the B.C. law in any sort of detail, but I do believe that the way that the penalties operate will be a disincentive to people's participating if PIPEDA were to be applied. However, I think it's important to have the complete context before making that decision.

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely, and it's also just not well-tailored to the political context where you're dealing with a mostly volunteer organization.

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely not.

Information & Ethics committee  That's not something I can speak to directly, but I would be happy to give whatever information I can to the committee at a—

Information & Ethics committee  My answer, Mr. Angus, is simply that I don't have that information available to me right now, but I'd be happy to identify that information for you at a future point.

Information & Ethics committee  I can speak generally. In terms of our involvement with any third party provider, we ensure that those third party providers are bound by privacy obligations similar to the ones we impose upon ourselves. We include, in agreements with third party providers, that their use of the

Information & Ethics committee  I don't think I'm the appropriate person to answer that question.

Information & Ethics committee  The Liberal Party of Canada is very consistent with what my friend from the Conservative Party just said. Mainly things like phone book information and Canada Post information are examples. Much of this, for instance, Canada Post information, is purchased in large part in order t

Information & Ethics committee  From the Liberal Party of Canada's perspective, obviously it's a critical issue that we need to address in terms of third parties. I've already outlined some of the ways in which we are trying to both address those issues and constantly improve on them within the Liberal Party.

Information & Ethics committee  For our part, many of the same things that Mr. Bailey has spoken to apply equally with respect to the Liberal Party and its treatment of personal information. From the perspective of somebody outside the system gaining access, we regularly run training. We've developed a cybersec

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I will take one moment to wrap up. The Liberal Party of Canada also has a strict privacy policy in place. A copy has also been filed with the clerk of this committee. We think it is a best-in-class privacy policy for protecting the personal information of Canadians. We h

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. Honourable members of the committee and Mr. Chair, it is a privilege to be able to speak with you today. I want to thank you for the opportunity for the Liberal Party of Canada to be heard on these important issues. My name is Michael Fenrick, and as I was introduced