Attorney general calls B.C. privacy case ‘premature,’ says federal political parties can ‘self-regulate’ use of voter data: new documents

The attorney general’s ‘principal strategy’ appears to be to ‘push off a court ruling to a later date,’ but the ‘elephant in the room’ is the federal election set for October 2025 or sooner, said lawyer Connor Bildfell.

Documents obtained by The Hill Times offer the first window into what the office of Attorney General Arif Virani will argue in a B.C. court case about how federal political parties use voters' personal information.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

March 6, 2024

The Attorney General of Canada wants to see a B.C. court case involving federal political parties' use of voter data sent back to the office of the B.C. privacy commissioner—a move which could further delay a resolution of the matter as the next federal election draws near...

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