Government’s efforts to introduce privacy rules for federal political parties wholly inadequate and totally cynical

If Bill C-47 passes, political parties will remain the only type of group in Canada that don't have to abide by the basic privacy standards that apply to government agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations.

Buried in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s Budget Implementation Act, Bill C-47, is a brief provision stating that any political party may ‘collect, use, disclose, retain and dispose of personal information in accordance with the party’s privacy policy.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY COLIN BENNETT

May 1, 2023

Buried in the Liberal government’s March 28 budget was a short—and odd—commitment about the protection of privacy and federal political parties: “In Budget 2023, the government propose...

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