Elections bill poses privacy, foreign funding problems, says Elections Canada head

The Liberals are open to amendments and ‘creative ideas’ to address privacy concerns the opposition has with Bill C-76, says Minister Gould.

NDP MP Nathan Cullen, left, says he’s puzzled by resistance shown by Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, right, to make political parties subject to federal privacy legislation in Bill C-76. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

May 30, 2018

Canada’s prospective chief electoral officer is recommending seven changes to the Liberals' elections modernization bill, including rules on how political parties can collect data and closing what opposition MPs have called a loophole in the legislation that still m...

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