Federal parties look poised to use new law to fight B.C. privacy regulations, court documents indicate

The position taken by Canada’s three largest political parties is not going to increase 'confidence in the political system and those who are acting in it,' says privacy advocate Vincent Gogolek.

Canada's three largest political parties, headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, are in rare agreement, having all filed petitions against a ruling by the B.C. privacy commissioner requiring federal parties to comply with B.C.'s privacy laws.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

September 8, 2023

Federal political parties may use legislation passed this spring as the foundation for their argument that they should be exempt from British Columbia's privacy laws, but privacy experts say the new law is woefully inadequate.

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