Parties should ‘govern themselves’ but must better regulate nominations and voter data, says former candidate Maddeaux

Digital privacy expert Colin Bennett says complaints of improper use of Conservative voter lists in the York region riding contest offer a ‘real-life example’ of the problems with parties self-regulating their nomination races.

Then-Conservative nomination candidate Sabrina Maddeaux, second from right, canvasses with members of her team in the riding of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, Ont., while seeking her party’s nomination there. Photograph courtesy of X

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

May 15, 2024

Former high-profile Conservative nomination candidate Sabrina Maddeaux says she is not yet calling for stricter rules governing federal party nomination races or handling of voter data but—depending on the outcome of her recent complaint to the party—it may be the best w...

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